Monday 9 January 2023

{The Wheeled Man of Hochdorf}[24th December 1990]

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‘At Hochdorf near Stuttgart, Germany, in a very recent find, the body of a man lay on a bronze couch supported by eight bronze figures with raised arms, each standing on a single wheel.’

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* – ibid [Encylopaedia of Visual Art 1:] 92

(‘Hallstatt’ period, immediately preceding mid-5th century bce)




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