Borghese Gladiator
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
1890 - 1940
Materials
Bronze
Measurements
192 mm (H); 92 mm (D)
Place of origin
Europe
Order this imageCollection
Nuffield Place, Oxfordshire
NT 1651345
Summary
Bronze sculpture, Borghese Galdiator. A figurine of a nude gladiator on rectangular base. Body thrusts forward, shield over left arm. Right sword blade lost.
References
Haskell and Penny 1981: Francis Haskell and Nicholas Penny, Taste and the Antique, The Lure of Classical Sculpture 1500 - 1900, New Haven and London, 1981, 43