Category:Monteleone Chariot

**Monteleone Chariot**
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Instance of	chariot (Chariot); sculpture (Chariot);
Depicts	Achilles; Thetis; Memnon; woman; man;
Culture	Etruscans;
Made from material	bronze; ivory; wood;
Location	Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manhattan, New York City, New York
Location of discovery	Monteleone di Spoleto;
Owned by	Metropolitan Museum of Art (1903–);
Maintained by	Greek and Roman Art;
Collection	Metropolitan Museum of Art (collection highlight, 1903–);
Inventory number	03.23.1 (Metropolitan Museum of Art);
Inception	6th century BC (before 550 BC, after 575 BC);
Time of discovery or invention	1902;
Length	209 cm;
Height	130.9 cm;
	40° 46′ 46.02″ N, 73° 57′ 47.2″ W
Authority file
	Q2957596; BabelNet ID: 15942588n; The Met object ID: 247020
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Monteleone Chariot

Artist

Unknown artist

Title

Monteleone Chariot

Object type

chariot / sculpture

Description

The Monteleone Chariot is an Etruscan chariot dated to ca. 530 BC. It was originally uncovered at Monteleone di Spoleto and is currently part of the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Though about 300 ancient chariots are known to still exist, only six are reasonably complete, and the Monteleone chariot is the best-preserved. (This summary was created using Commons SumItUp).

Date

6^th century BC

Medium

bronze and ivory

Dimensions

length: 209 cm (82.2 in); height: 130.9 cm (51.5 in)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

	Native name	Metropolitan Museum of Art
	Location	Manhattan, New York City, United States
	Coordinates	40° 46′ 46″ N, 73° 57′ 48″ W
	Established	1870
	Website	www.metmuseum.org
	Authority file	: Q160236 VIAF: 126238294 ISNI: 0000000419368761 ULAN: 500125157 LCCN: n79129629 NLA: 36247933 WorldCat

Accession number

03.23.1

Object location

40° 47′ N, 73° 58′ W

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Place of discovery

Monteleone di Spoleto

Object history

1902: discovered by Isidoro Vannozzi (Colle del Capitano, Monteleone di Spoleto)
1903: purchased by The Metropolitan Museum of Art from O. Vitalini at Paris.

References

Metropolitan Museum of Art: entry 247020 as Bronze chariot inlaid with ivory. (accession number: 03.23.1)

Media in category "Monteleone Chariot"

The following 27 files are in this category, out of 27 total.

Bronze chariot inlaid with ivory Etruscan 2nd quarter of 6th century BCE Found near Monteleone di Spoleto in 1902 with scenes of Achilles (1) (561261746).jpg 600 × 800; 111 KB
Bronze chariot inlaid with ivory Etruscan 2nd quarter of 6th century BCE Found near Monteleone di Spoleto in 1902 with scenes of Achilles (2) (561259978).jpg 600 × 800; 88 KB
Bronze chariot inlaid with ivory Etruscan 2nd quarter of 6th century BCE Found near Monteleone di Spoleto in 1902 with scenes of Achilles (3) (561693313).jpg 600 × 800; 106 KB
Bronze chariot inlaid with ivory Etruscan 2nd quarter of 6th century BCE Found near Monteleone di Spoleto in 1902 with scenes of Achilles (4) (561262540).jpg 800 × 600; 110 KB
Bronze chariot inlaid with ivory Etruscan 2nd quarter of 6th century BCE Found near Monteleone di Spoleto in 1902 with scenes of Achilles (5) (561263378).jpg 600 × 800; 79 KB
Bronze chariot inlaid with ivory Etruscan 2nd quarter of 6th century BCE Found near Monteleone di Spoleto in 1902 with scenes of Achilles (561692059).jpg 600 × 800; 104 KB
Bronze chariot inlaid with ivory Etruscan 2nd quarter of 6th century BCE Found near Monteleone di Spoleto in 1902 with scenes of Achilles (6) (561264454).jpg 600 × 800; 95 KB
Bronze chariot inlaid with ivory Etruscan 2nd quarter of 6th century BCE Found near Monteleone di Spoleto in 1902 with scenes of Achilles (7) (561697151).jpg 600 × 800; 90 KB
Bronze chariot inlaid with ivory Etruscan 2nd quarter of 6th century BCE Found near Monteleone di Spoleto in 1902 with scenes of Achilles (8) (561697703).jpg 543 × 800; 89 KB
Bronze chariot inlaid with ivory Etruscan 2nd quarter of 6th century BCE Found near Monteleone di Spoleto in 1902 with scenes of Achilles (9) (561698279).jpg 600 × 800; 64 KB
Bronze chariot inlaid with ivory MET DP137936.jpg 3,850 × 3,030; 884 KB
Bronze chariot inlaid with ivory MET DP137937.jpg 4,000 × 3,155; 1.04 MB
Bronze chariot inlaid with ivory MET DP137946.jpg 4,000 × 2,635; 716 KB
Chariot étrusque.jpg 681 × 1,024; 484 KB
Detail View of the Monteleone Chariot.png 700 × 720; 774 KB
Detail View of the Right Side Panel of the Monteleone Chariot.png 700 × 708; 743 KB
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Etruscan chariot of Monteleone di Spoleto.jpg 3,872 × 2,592; 1.34 MB
Etruscan chariot wheel - detail of the front of the chariot.jpg 2,592 × 3,872; 1.78 MB
Etruscan chariot wheel.jpg 3,872 × 2,592; 1.88 MB
Greek chariot.jpg 2,592 × 1,944; 2.15 MB
Roman Chariot (10335435926).jpg 2,848 × 4,288; 5.71 MB
The Monteleone Chariot.png 1,259 × 701; 690 KB
WLA metmuseum Bronze chariot inlaid with ivory 3 cropped white balanced.png 1,139 × 702; 1.3 MB
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