Bronze helmet
Bronze helmet with two winged youths on each side who flank and grasp a pair of entwined serpents. They are dressed in short kilts, wear winged sandals and have wings on their backs that appear to be attached with straps. Although some scholars have identified these figures as the legendary Cretan craftsman Daidalos and his son Icarus, they probably represent local daemonic beings. Below them are two panthers with a common head.
Artwork Details
- Title: Bronze helmet
- Period: Archaic
- Date: late 7th century BCE
- Culture: Greek, Cretan
- Medium: Bronze
- Dimensions: 9 1/16 × 7 5/16 × 10 1/4 in. (23 × 18.5 × 26 cm)
- Classification: Bronzes
- Credit Line: Gift of Norbert Schimmel Trust, 1989
- Object Number: 1989.281.50
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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Greek, Cretan
late 7th century BCE
Greek, Cretan
late 7th century BCE
Greek
ca. 650–600 BCE
Tithonos Painter
ca. 480–470 BCE
Affecter
ca. 550 BCE
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