The Medici Wrestlers, Bronze sculpture from the grand tour

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The Medici Wrestlers, Bronze sculpture from the grand tour

Name: The Medici Wrestlers, Bronze sculpture from the grand tour
Brand: Antikeo
SKU: 1YWCZ0O9MF
Price: 2000 EUR
Availability: SoldOut

By Gallery des Victoires

Period 19th century

Style Rome and ancient Greece

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Galerie des Victoires

75002 Paris

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Description

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Bronze group from the Grand Tour:
"Les Lutteurs Médicis" (The Medici Wrestlers).
Representing two nude men in full wrestling action.
Based on the marble work in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence (inv. 1914 n.216)
Late 19th century edition,
Bronze with brown patina.
Base in sea-green marble.
Dimensions W 32 X H 28 cm

The antique marble group on which this bronze is based was made in the 1st century B.C. and discovered in 1583 near Porta San Giovanni in Rome. In June of the same year, the group was purchased by Cardinal Ferdinand de' Medici, the future Grand Duke of Tuscany, and is now in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence (Haskell and Penny, loc. cit.).

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Additional Information

Condition	Very good
Style	Rome and ancient Greece (Bronze sculptures of Rome and ancient Greece Style)
Period	19th century (Bronze sculptures 19th century)
Country of origin	Italy
Width (cm)	32
Height (cm)	28
Materials	Patinated Bronze