Inv. n°: CL111a

Bronze Gladiator Helmet

Scientific test conducted by CIRAM Laboratories (Bordeaux, dated 18th April 2017). Object is confirmed as being of the period stated. DEACCESSIONED TO THE MET

h. 37 x w. 25.5 x d. 32 cm

Roman Empire

Bronze

Provenance

  • Ex collection of Attilio Simonetti (1843-1925)
  • Casa di vendite Guido Tavazzi, La collezione Simonetti, via Vittoria Colonna 11, Rome, 25th April - 6th May 1932, lot 414
  • Acquired at De Primi Fine Art SA, Lugano, Switzerland, 2013

Publications

  • L. Pollack, Catalogo della vendite Guido Tavazzi, La collezione Simonetti, Rome, Rome, lots 414 (Helmet) and 415 (Belt), illustrated on pl. 81
  • E. Köhne, C. Ewigleben, and R. Jackson (ed.), Gladiators and Caesars: The Power of Spectacle in Ancient Rome, British Museum Press, London, 2000, p. 36, no. 18
  • R. Matthews, The Age of the Gladiators: Savagery & Spectacle in Ancient Rome, Leicester, 2003

Exhibitions

  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art, On display in Gallery 370, New York, USA, 2018 — 2022

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