Lot Essay
Mitten, op. cit., identifies two close parallels: one on a relief group in the Pesaro Museum and one from the frieze of the Vix krater. For these examples, see pls. II,1 and II,2, in Mitten, op. cit.
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. & MRS. CHARLES W. NEWHALL, III
A GREEK BRONZE APPLIQUÉ
ARCHAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 550 B.C.
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A GREEK BRONZE APPLIQUÉ
ARCHAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 550 B.C.
Composed of thick hammered sheet, in the form of a warrior in profile to the right, armed in a corselet and Corinthian helmet with a high fanning crest, its rear tip falling behind his right arm, which is extended back, likely originally holding a spear, his left arm bent at the elbow and held forth, likely once strapped to a shield, with a large lidded eye, prominent nose and pointed chin, three plaits of hair falling along his neck; a pin on the reverse for attachment
4¾ in. (12.1 cm.) high
ARCHAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 550 B.C.
Composed of thick hammered sheet, in the form of a warrior in profile to the right, armed in a corselet and Corinthian helmet with a high fanning crest, its rear tip falling behind his right arm, which is extended back, likely originally holding a spear, his left arm bent at the elbow and held forth, likely once strapped to a shield, with a large lidded eye, prominent nose and pointed chin, three plaits of hair falling along his neck; a pin on the reverse for attachment
4¾ in. (12.1 cm.) high
Provenance
Münzen und Medallen, Basel, Auktion 22, 13 May 1961, lot 67.
Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge.
Jean-David Cahn, Basel, Auction 5, 23 September 2005, lot 393.
Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge.
Jean-David Cahn, Basel, Auction 5, 23 September 2005, lot 393.
Literature
D.G. Mitten, "An Archaic Bronze Relief of a Hoplite in the McDaniel Collection," in Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, vol. 67, 1963, pp. 303-306.
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