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Greave
Greek, South Italian
Early Hellenistic Period
about late 4th century B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Italy, Campania, Lucania, or Apulia
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Length: 40.6 cm (16 in.); width: 14.5 cm (5 1/16 in.); height: 6 cm (2 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Partial gift of Widgie and Peter Aldrich
Accession Number2003.815.4
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CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsWarfare, hunting, fishing – Armor
DescriptionA greave with a strongly articulated representation of leg muscles. The greave has been squashed flat, and the knee is largely reconstructed.
Because of the associated cuirass, it probably comes from the tomb of a South Italian cavalryman.
Because of the associated cuirass, it probably comes from the tomb of a South Italian cavalryman.
Provenance1975, acquired on the Cologne art market by Joost Kuizenga, Enschede, The Netherlands; March 20, 1993, sold by Kuizenga to Helmut Liebert Antiquitäten, Krefeld, Germany; June 12, 2001, consigned by Liebert to Sotheby's, New York (auction 7676), lot 68 [see note], sold but subsequently returned to Sotheby’s; June 13, 2002, consigned by Liebert to Sotheby's, New York (auction 7812), lot 67, unsold; 2003, sold privately by Liebert through Sotheby’s, New York, to Peter and Widgie Aldrich, Rhode Island; 2003, partial year-end gift of Peter and Widgie Aldrich to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 21, 2004)
NOTE: Listed with the erroneous provenance “Axel Guttmann, Berlin.”
NOTE: Listed with the erroneous provenance “Axel Guttmann, Berlin.”