Lot Essay
The Swedish sculptor Johan Peter Molin (1814-73) first exhibited The Knife Wrestlers in Paris in 1859. Inspired by Norse mythology, this group depicts Ragnar and Björn fighting over Ragnar's fiancée
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1864, INSCRIBED I.P. MOLIN. STOCKHOLM. 1864 TO BASE
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A SWEDISH PARIAN GROUP OF WRESTLERS
1864, INSCRIBED I.P. MOLIN. STOCKHOLM. 1864 TO BASE
Modelled as two scantily clad men locked in knife combat, bound together at the waist by a belt
20 in. (50.8 cm.) high
1864, INSCRIBED I.P. MOLIN. STOCKHOLM. 1864 TO BASE
Modelled as two scantily clad men locked in knife combat, bound together at the waist by a belt
20 in. (50.8 cm.) high
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