FRENCH OR ITALIAN, AFTER THE ANTIQUE, SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A BRONZE GROUP OF THE WRESTLERS
FRENCH OR ITALIAN, AFTER THE ANTIQUE, SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Mounted on a Restauration rectangular siena marble veneered socle with stiff-leaf moulded patinated bronze plinth base
9 cm. high; 18 cm. high overall

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Lot Essay

The original group in marble, and lacking heads and limbs was discovered in 1583 near Rome. The heads and missing limbs were added later. The group was much admired, the complex composition with the two athletes entwined gives the group its powerfull dynamics.

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