About the Artwork
Gladiator's Helmet
between 1st and 3rd century CE
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Roman
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Bronze
Overall: 13 7/8 × 15 1/4 × 16 1/4 inches; 4 pounds, 4 ounces (35.2 × 38.7 × 41.3 cm; 1.9 kg)
Arms and Armor
Greco-Roman and Ancient European
Founders Society Purchase with funds from Mr. and Mrs. Edgar B. Whitcomb
48.214
Public Domain
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Provenance
by 1925, Thomas Evelyn Scott-Ellis, 8th Baron Howard de Walden [1880–1946](London, United Kingdom);(Spink and Sons Ltd. [est. 1666], London, England);
1948-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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The exhibition history of a number of objects in our collection only begins after their acquisition by the museum, and may reflect an incomplete record.
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Forsdyke, E.J., Greek and Roman Amour in Lord Howard de Walden’s Collection, Apollo, vol. 2, no. 1 (July 1925), pp. 1-7 (illus. fig. 20, p. 4).
Bulletin of the DIA 31, no. 3/4 (1951-52): p. 68.
DIA Handbook. 1971, p. 41.
Hooper, F.A. Roman Realities. Detroit. 1979, p. 67 (ill.).
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Roman, Gladiator's Helmet, between 1st and 3rd century CE, bronze. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase with funds from Mr. and Mrs. Edgar B. Whitcomb, 48.214.
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