Object Description

Bronze Statuette of a Togatus (1)

Bronze statuette of a togatus, product of an Etruscan workshop, ca. 2nd Century BC. The first of a pair. 

Identification Date

Around 2006

Identification Location

Anonymous Private Collection in France

Artefact History

Before 1993

In the Medici archive, the two bronze togati are depicted in twenty-seven (27) regular-print images, unclean, fragmented, lying on a white sheet and with a yellow tape-measure between them.

Around 2006

Using the Medici images, the first bronze togatus was identified probably by the Italian authorities, in an anonymous private collection in France.

Artefact Status

Between 2006 and 2007

The first bronze togatus was repatriated to Italy between 2006 and 2007.