Detail of a Bronze Finial of Two Warriors from a Candelabrum in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 2011

Bronze finial of two warriors from a candelabrum

Period: Archaic

Date: ca. 480–470 B.C.

Culture: Etruscan

Medium: Bronze

Dimensions: H. (with base) 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)

Classification: Bronzes

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1947

Accession Number: 47.11.3

Description:

This finial, which originally decorated the top of a tall candelabrum, is an excellent example of Early Classical sculpture. A bearded warrior wearing a full panoply of armor assists his younger, beardless comrade, who has sustained a wound to his left leg or foot and is supported by the spear he once held in his right hand and by his friend's shoulder.

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