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For the right shoulder of a ludio, the Etruscan equivalent of the Roman gladiator. It also protected the upper arm with its strongly moulded biceps.

h. 27 cm

5th-4th century BC

Bronze

Provenance

Ex collection of Axel Guttmann (AG 182/H2302), Berlin, acquired in Krefeld in 1988
Hermann Historica, 11th April 2008, lot 339
Acquired at Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 26th April 2010

Publications

Hermann Historica, 11th April 2008, lot 339
J. M. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, January 2009, vol. XX, p. 40, fig. 75
M. Burns, "Graeco-Italic Militaria" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 187, fig. 14
V. Torres- Hugon, "Hoplite, le premier guerrier de l'histoire", Antiquité, Le Magazine de l'Antiquité Européenne. Hors-série, Éditions Heimdal, France, Autumn 2017, p. 23
V. Torres- Hugon, Hoplite, le premier guerrier de l'histoire, Éditions Heimdal, France, 2018, p. 23

Exhibitions

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

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Etruscan Bronze Arm Shoulder Guard

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