Miniature bronze greave

Period:: Classical

Date:: 5th century B.C.

Culture:: Etruscan

Medium:: Bronze

Dimensions:: Other: 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm)

Classification:: Bronzes

Credit Line:: Rogers Fund, 1921

Accession Number:: 21.88.98

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 170

Miniature bronze replica of a greave.

de Puma, Richard Daniel. 2013. Etruscan Art in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 5.31, pp. 19, 169, New Haven and London: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Timelines
Italian Peninsula, 1000 B.C.-1 A.D.

Department

Greek and Roman Art (17,251)

Object Type / Material

Armor (2,621)

Body armor (1,671)

Bronze (12,240)

Copper alloy (19,067)

Geographic Location

Date / Era

1000 B.C.–A.D. 1 (16,732)

Miniature bronze greave

Artist: Date: 5th century B.C.
Accession Number: 21.88.96 Date: 5th century B.C. Medium: Bronze Accession: 21.88.96 On view in:Gallery 170

Miniature bronze greave

Artist: Date: 5th century B.C.
Accession Number: 21.88.100 Date: 5th century B.C. Medium: Bronze Accession: 21.88.100 On view in:Gallery 170

Miniature bronze greave

Artist: Date: 5th century B.C.
Accession Number: 21.88.101 Date: 5th century B.C. Medium: Bronze Accession: 21.88.101 On view in:Gallery 170

Miniature bronze greave

Artist: Date: 5th century B.C.
Accession Number: 21.88.104 Date: 5th century B.C. Medium: Bronze Accession: 21.88.104 On view in:Gallery 170

Miniature bronze greave

Artist: Date: 5th century B.C.
Accession Number: 21.88.102 Date: 5th century B.C. Medium: Bronze Accession: 21.88.102 On view in:Gallery 170