Disc for Armor, Chest or Back Plate
- Artist Culture
- Italic
- Period
- Orientalizing period, c.700–c.600 BC
- Date
- 7th–early 6th century BC
- Material
- Bronze
- From
- Italy, Europe
- Classification
- Arms & armor, metalwork
- Current Location
- On View, Gallery 259
- Dimensions
- diameter: 9 in. (22.9 cm)
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 52:1922
Provenance
by 1919 - 1922
C. & E. Canessa Antiquaires, New York, NY, USA [1]
1922 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from C. & E. Canessa Antiquaires [2]
Notes:
This disk and two others in the Museum's collection (52:1922 and 53:1922) share the same provenance.
[1] The disk is illustrated in a 1919 catalog of C. & E. Canessa Antiquaires ["Illustrated Catalogue of the Canessa Collection of Rare and Valuable Objects of Art of the Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Gothic, and Renaissance Periods," New York: Privately Printed for C. & E. Canessa Antiquaires, 1919, no. 20].
[2] Bill of sale, April 11, 1922 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, April 11, 1922.
C. & E. Canessa Antiquaires, New York, NY, USA [1]
1922 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from C. & E. Canessa Antiquaires [2]
Notes:
This disk and two others in the Museum's collection (52:1922 and 53:1922) share the same provenance.
[1] The disk is illustrated in a 1919 catalog of C. & E. Canessa Antiquaires ["Illustrated Catalogue of the Canessa Collection of Rare and Valuable Objects of Art of the Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Gothic, and Renaissance Periods," New York: Privately Printed for C. & E. Canessa Antiquaires, 1919, no. 20].
[2] Bill of sale, April 11, 1922 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, April 11, 1922.