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Art Object

Bronze cuirass (breastplate)

Period:
Archaic
Date:
7th or 6th century B.C.
Culture:
Etruscan
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
Overall: 20 1/16 x 15 1/2in. (51 x 39.4cm)
Classification:
Bronzes
Credit Line:
Rogers Fund, 1909
Accession Number:
09.41
  • References

    Richter, Gisela M. A. 1915. Greek, Etruscan and Roman Bronzes. New York: Gilliss Press, no. 1565, pp. 420-21.

    McClees, Helen and with additions by Christine Alexander. 1933. The Daily Life of the Greeks and Romans: As Illustrated in the Classical Collections, 5th edn. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, pp. 84, 86, fig. 1087.

    McClees, Helen and with additions by Christine Alexander. 1941. The Daily Life of the Greeks and Romans: As Illustrated in the Classical Collections, 5th edn. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, pp. 84, 86, fig. 1087.

    de Puma, Richard Daniel. 2013. Etruscan Art in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New Haven and London: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Yale University Press, no. 5.27a, pp. 163 5.

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