A Italian bronze model of the Borghese Gladiator
A Italian bronze model of the Borghese Gladiator

LATE 18TH OR EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A Italian bronze model of the Borghese Gladiator
Late 18th or early 19th century
After the Antique, on a later associated black marble base
The bronze -- 9½in. (24cm) high

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Perhaps the most celebrated sculpture of all antiquity. The original Borghese Gladiator was recorded in 1611 having been discovered in Nettuno and was taken to Cardinal Borghese's Estate. In 1807 it was purchased by Napoleon Boneparte and by 1811 it was in Paris and is presently in the Louvre.

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