Details
734 in. (19.7 cm.) high.
Provenance
Antiquities, Christie's, London, 27 April 1976, lot 189.
Axel Guttmann (1944-2001), Berlin, acquired in Krefeld, 1994 (Inv. No. AG585/H220).
Antiken der Sammlung Axel Guttman, Auktion 54, Hermann Historica, Munich, 11 April 2008, lot 352.
Acquired by the current owner from the above.
Literature
M. Burns, "Graeco-Italic Militaria" in M. Merrony, ed., Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Mougins, 2011, p. 186, fig. 8.
Exhibited
Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, 2011-2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA162).
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The Negau helmet takes its name from the town of Zenjak, near Negau in Slovenia, where a large cache of helmets were found in 1812 (see P. Reinecke, “Der Negauer Helmfund,” in Bericht der Römisch-Germanischen Kommission, vol. 32, 1942, pp. 117-98).

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