Object Title
Chalcidian Helmet
Measurements
H. 31.8 cm (12 ½ in.)
Creation Date
c. 350–200 BCE
Credit Line
Gift of Barbara S. Robinson and Family
Museum Contact
classicalart@clevelandart.org
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2023.106
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Created before 313 CE (year of the Edict of Milan)
Provenance Information
Private Russian Collection; F.A.C. Kunsthandel (Wolfgang Wilhelm), Frankfurt, Germany, sold to Barbara S. Robinson (2006); Mrs. Barbara S. Robinson, Cleveland, OH (2006–2023); gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art (2023)
Exhibition Information
None
Publication Information
None
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
An exception to 1970 can be made for this object because it was expected as a gift or bequest prior to 2008. This is confirmed by a letter from the attorney of Barbara S. Robinson (now in museum files) attesting to Mrs. Robinson’s intent, memorialized in estate planning documents by 2007, to donate her collection of antiquities to the Cleveland Museum of Art following her death. It is an unusual type of ancient helmet, and only the second ancient helmet in the CMA collection.