Inv. n°: MMoCA190

Roman Bronze Helmet of the Weisenau Type

DEACCESSIONED FROM THE COLLECTION. With distinct hammer marks on the inside, fully tinned exterior. Widely flaring, contoured neck-guard with reinforcement bands riveted to the sides. Long, heavily embossed eyebrows above the massive, riveted brow piece and two pronounced, embossed, stabilising ribs above the neck-guard. Ear cutouts on the sides with riveted hinge straps for attaching the cheekpieces.

h. 30 (inc. cheek-pieces) x 29.5 x 32 cm

1st century BC- 1st century AD

Bronze

Provenance

  • The German Antiquities dealer Axel Weber, until 1982
  • Ex Axel Guttmann Collection (H70/AG 292), acquired in Cologne, 1983, (First Helmet Guttmann ever collected)
  • Christie’s London South Kensington, The Axel Guttmann Collection of Ancient Arms and Armour, part 2, London, April 2004, lot 143
  • Acquired at Herman Historica, Antiquities from the Axel Guttmann Collection and other Properties, sale 56, Munich, October 2008, lot 61

Publications

  • M. Junkelmann, "Roman Helmets in the Axel Guttmann Collection", Journal of Roman Military Equipment Studies, Berlin, 1999, vol. 10, pp. 81-85, plate 2
  • M. Junkelmann, Römische Helme Sammlung Axel Guttmann, Mainz, 2000, vol. 8, pp. 78, 124-125, plate IX, foldout II
  • M. Junkelmann, Das Spiel mit dem Tod - So kämpften Roms Gladiatoren, Mainz, 2000, p. 55, fig. 68
  • Christie's London, The Axel Guttmann Collection, part 2, 28th April 2004, lot 143
  • Hermann Historica, Auction 56, Munich, October 2008, lot 61
  • Minerva: the International Review of Ancient Art & Archaeology, January/ February 2011, 26, no.1
  • J. Kaminski and D. Sim, Roman Imperial Armour: The Production of Early Imperial Military Armour, 2011, vol. XXII, p. 123, plate 7
  • C. Wolff, "L’Infanterie" in K. Schörle (ed.), L'Armée de Rome, La Puissance et la Gloire, France, 2018, p. 40 and p. 61, fig. 29
  • Minerva Magazine: the International Review of Ancient Art & Archaeology, March/April 2019, Fig. 15
  • M. Junkelmann, "Roman Militaria" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 254, fig. 52
  • M. Merrony, Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins. La Collection Famille Levett, France, 2012, p. 77
  • F. Cadiou, "De l'Armée Républicaine à l'Armée Impériale: les Soldats et le Prince" in P. Faure and F. Hurlet (ed.), Enquête de pouvoir, de Rome à Lugdunum, France, 2021, p. 63, fig. 3

Exhibitions

  • Orangerie, Berlin, Germany, 11th September 1982 — 11th September 1982
  • Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from June 2011
  • L’armée de Rome, la puissance et la gloire, Musée départamental Arles antique, Arles, France, 15th December 2018 — 22nd April 2019
  • Une salade, César?, Lugdunum musée et théatres romains, Lyon, France, 14th October 2020 — 25th April 2021

N.B. Our online collection is being continually updated thanks to ongoing research and documentation efforts carried out by the MACM documentation team. Any additional information is welcome, please contact us.

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