Italic Version of a Corinthian Helmet in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, June 2010

Helmet of Corinthian type

Italic, Late Archaic Period, 510–480 B.C.

Dimensions: Height x depth: 21 x 28 cm (8 1/4 x 11 in.)

Medium or Technique: Bronze

Classification: Warfare, hunting, & fishing

Catalogue Raisonné: Greek, Etruscan, & Roman Bronzes (MFA), no. 586; Sculpture in Stone and Bronze (MFA), p. 126 (additional published references).

Accession Number: 61.375

The helmet is an Italic version of the Corinthian type, with two holes in the top for a crest and a ridge dividing the upper part from the lower. There is an ancient repair over the left eye-hole. The top contains two holes to attach the crest, now missing. There are two similar holes off center at the right rear. Helmet has been cleaned electrolytically.


Provenance:

By date unknown: said to have been found near Bologna with objects 61.376, 61.377, 61.378, and 61.379; by 1960: with Münzen und Medaillen A.G., Malzgasse 25, Basel, Switzerland; purchased by MFA from Münzen und Medaillen A.G., May 10, 1961

Text from: www.mfa.org/collections/object/helmet-of-corinthian-type-...