About the Artwork
Greave
mid 6th to early 5th century BC
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Etruscan
Unknown
Bronze
18 inches (45.7 cm)
Arms and Armor
Greco-Roman and Ancient European
Purchase from the Sarah Bacon Hill Fund.
58.72.A
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
New York, NY, Dr. Jacob Hirsch
1958-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Robinson, F.W., "Bronze Helmet and Greaves," Bulletin of the DIA, vol 37, no 3, 1957-58, pp 74-75 (ill).
DIA, "Exhibition of Ancient Italic and Etruscan Art," Jan 14 - Feb 23, 1958.
Caccioli, D. A., The Villanovan, Etruscan and Hellenistic Collections in the Detroit Institute of Arts, Monumenta Graeca et Romana, vol. 14, Leiden / Boston: Brill, 2009, cat. no. 42, pp. 80-1, ill. pl. 47.
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Etruscan, Greave, mid 6th to early 5th century BC, Bronze. Detroit Institute of Arts, Purchase from the Sarah Bacon Hill Fund., 58.72.A.
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