Lot 19
19
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After THE ANTIQUE (LATE 19TH CENTURY)

Borghese Gladiator

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After THE ANTIQUE (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
Borghese Gladiator
The marble plinth inscribed M. COLIN ET CIE
Bronze, dark-brown patina
Overall: 20½ in. (52 cm.) high
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Lot Essay

The marble original of the Borghese Gladiator, now in the Louvre, is first recorded on 11 June 1611, at which time it was being restored following its excavation at Nettuno, near Anzio. By 1613, it was definitely in the Borghese collection, where it remained until purchased by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1807, and by 1811 it was in Paris. It was to prove one of the most admired of all antique statues, and was much copied in reduced form, sometimes with sword and shield restored.

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