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Nijmegen Kops Plateau type. Roman bronze mask of a youth from a parade helmet with thin ocular slits and slightly parted lips. This expressive mask, hammered from a single sheet of metal, formed the anterior side of a face helmet and was fixed to the body of the helmet by a hinge located on the forehead. On the reverse there is a thick encrustation of earthen deposits.

h. 16.5 x w. 15 cm

1st century AD

Bronze

Provenance

Ex German collection
Acquired by Royal-Athena Galleries from Gorny and Mosch, Munich, 14th December 2007, lot 45
Acquired at Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 2009

Publications

J. M. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, Royal-Athena Galleries, 2009, p. 41, fig. 77, vol. XX
M. Junkelmann, "Roman Militaria" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 258, fig. 59
A. Negin, "The Old Zeichhaus Library", Roman Decorated Armour from the Principals' Periods, Russian Vityazi Foundation, Russia, 2020, p. 258

Exhibitions

Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from June 2011

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Roman Bronze Mask of a Youth

Provenance

Publications

Exhibitions