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Sword from an Equestrian Statue
1st century (Roman Imperial)
gilt bronze
(Roman Empire )
(Roman Empire )
This sheathed sword was part of a Roman imperial monument that included a gilded bronze equestrian statue. The gilded bronze horse head nearby may have come from the same monument.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1996 | Fire of Hephaistos: Large Classical Bronzes from North American Collections. Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge; Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo; Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa. |
| 1947 | Early Christian and Byzantine Art. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 1/16/1974 | Treatment | cleaned; coated |
| 5/17/1984 | Treatment | mounted |
| 5/18/1984 | Treatment | cleaned; mounted; repaired; other |
| 9/20/1994 | Treatment | other |
| 7/21/1995 | Examination | other |
| 7/21/1995 | Treatment | other |
Geographies
Italy (Suasa (?)) (Place of Origin)
Measurements
3 11/16 x 27 5/8 x 1 1/4 in. (9.4 x 70.2 x 3.2 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902
Location in Museum
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
54.761
