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AN ETRUSCAN BRONZE WARRIOR

Lot 47
04.02.2025 10:00UTC -05:00
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Event locationUSA, New York
ID 1360701
Lot 47 | AN ETRUSCAN BRONZE WARRIOR
Estimate value
$ 30 000 – 50 000
AN ETRUSCAN BRONZE WARRIOR
CIRCA LATE 6TH CENTURY B.C.
5 3/8 in. (13.6 cm.) high




Provenance

with Spink & Son, London.
Vladimir Simkhovitch (1874-1959), New York, noted collector and professor of economic history at Columbia University.
George Ortiz (1927-2013), Geneva, acquired from the above, 1952.
Norbert Schimmel (1905-1990), New York, acquired by 1964; thence by descent.
Important Antiquities from the Norbert Schimmel Collection, Sotheby's, New York, 16 December 1992, lot 44.
Private Collection, New York.
with Ariadne Galleries, New York and London, acquired from the above, 2014 (Ariadne Galleries, no. 8).
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 2015.



Literature

H. Hoffmann, ed., The Beauty of Ancient Art: The Norbert Schimmel Collection, Mainz, 1964, no. 40.
R.S. Tietz, Masterpieces of Etruscan Art, Worcester, 1967, pp. 25, 117, no. 9.
D.G. Mitten and S.F. Doeringer, Master Bronzes from the Classical World, Mainz am Rhein, 1967, p. 162, no. 159.
H. Jucker, “Etruskische Bronzen,” Archäologischer Anzeiger, vol. 4, 1967, p. 625, fig. 11.
H. Jucker, “Etruscan Votive Bronzes from Populonia,” in D.G. Mitten and S.F. Doeringer, eds., Art and Technology: A Symposium on Classical Bronzes, Cambridge, 1970, p. 210, figs. 29a-c.
O. W. Muscarella, ed., Ancient Art: The Norbert Schimmel Collection, Mainz am Rhein, 1974, no. 79.
G.K. Sams, ed., Small Sculptures in Bronze from the Classical World, Chapel Hill, 1976, no. 44.
J. Settgast, ed., Von Troja bis Amarna: The Norbert Schimmel Collection, Mainz, 1978, no. 46.
E. Richardson, Etruscan Votive Bronzes: Geometric, Orientalizing, Archaic, Mainz am Rhein, 1983, p. 201, no. 8, pl. 137, figs. 463-464.
W. Rudolph and A. Calinescu, eds., Ancient Art From the V G. Simkhovitch Collection, Bloomington, 1988, p. 99, no. 79.



Exhibited

Cambridge, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, The Beauty of Ancient Art: The Norbert Schimmel Collection, 15 November 1964-14 February 1965.
Worcester Art Museum, Masterpieces of Etruscan Art, 21 April-4 June 1967.
Cambridge, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University; City Art Museum of St. Louis; The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Master Bronzes from the Classical World, 4 December 1967-30 June 1967.
Chapel Hill, The William Hayes Ackland Memorial Art Center, University of North Carolina, Small Sculptures in Bronze from the Classical World, 7 March-18 April 1976.
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Ancient Art: The Norbert Schimmel Collection, 17 September 1975-1 March 1976.
Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum; Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe; Munich, Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Von Troja bis Amarna: The Norbert Schimmel Collection, 18 March 1978-6 January 1979.
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Bronze
Art style:Ancient Art
Historical era:Etruscan civilization
Place of origin:Italy, Europe
Auction house category:Ancient Art & Antiquities, Sculptures, Statues & Figures
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