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ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art

Votive Statuette of a Hoplite

Place CreatedUmbria, Italy, Europe

CultureUmbrian

Date5th Century BCE

MediumBronze

Credit LineEx Brummer Collection, donated by the Brummer-Laszlo Family

Dimensions6 1/4 x 2 3/4 in., 16 oz. (15.9 x 7 cm, 0.5 kg)

Object number1994.014

Label TextThis engaging figure was made in Italy towards the end of the sixth century BC-during the so-called "ripe archaic" period. By that, scholars mean that the proportions of the figure are still slightly schematic and not yet "classical". He wears an elaborate helmet, with hair tied in a topknot peeking out from the center, a breastplate, and a pleated shift, or chiton, below it. Originally he would have held a spear in his upraised right hand and perhaps a small shield in his left hand. It is thought the work was cast in or around Umbria (Italy) because of the type of armor that he wears and because of the figure's narrow torso and large thighs.
Exhibition HistorySmall Sculptures in Bronze from the Classical World: An Exhibit in Honor of Emeline Hill Richardson, Ackland Memorial Art Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, March 7 - April 18, 1976
Exploring Authenticity: Issues of Connoisseurship at the Michael C. Carlos Museum, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 8 - May 18, 1997
The Art of Collecting: Recent Acquisitions at the Michael C. Carlos Museum, Michael C. Carlos Museum, November 8, 1997 - January 4, 1998
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, February 1998 - May 2004
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2004 - January 2012
Annotations: George Cooke, Thomas Hope and the Lure of Antiquitiy,Columbus Museum, Columbus, Georgia, February 5 - July 22, 2012
MCCM Permanent Collection Gallery, August 2012 - June 11, 2014
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, July 2014 - Present
Published ReferencesG. Kenneth Sams, Small Sculptures in Bronze from The Classical World: An Exhibit in Honor of Emeline Hill Richardson (Chapel Hill: Ackland Memorial Art Center, 1976), number 46.
Emeline Hill Richardson, Etruscan Votive Bronzes: Geometric, Orientalizing, Archaic (Mainz: Philipp von Zabern, 1983), 174, note 3.

ProvenanceEx coll. Ernest Brummer (1891-1964), New York, New York, purchased from Samuel Lowenson Bodley Bookshop, New York, 1955. Thence by descent to Ella Laszlo Brummer (1900-1999), New York, New York.

Status

On view

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