LORICATI IN BRONZO DAL PIEMONTE NORD-OCCIDENTALE

Abstract

The paper is focused on the fragments of bronze loricates emerged in a restricted area of northwestern
Piemonte and probably belonging to honorary statues: to the very famous items from Industria
(to be attributed to more than one statue), for which it is proposed to prefix the traditional
chronology, a sleeve of cuirass emerged in Ivrea and some fragments of clay shells from Turin have
to be added, attesting to the existence of a local workshop. The result is a rich and articulated picture,
certainly to be connected with the exploitation of the mining district of the Cogne valley by the
Avilii of Industria; which is unmatched in northern Italy and seems instead to refer to the territories
beyond the Alps.

Keywords: Cuirassed statues; Piemonte; bronze sculpture.