The Bronze Runners also known as The Wrestlers
The Bronze Runners also known as The Wrestlers
Circa 1900
Stock Number: 14042/GSO
Height
118.00cm
[46.46 inches]
Width 112.00cm [44.09 inches]
Depth 46.00cm [18.11 inches]
Width 112.00cm [44.09 inches]
Depth 46.00cm [18.11 inches]
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Attributed to the Neapolitan foundry Chiurazzi, circa 1900. Copies of the bronzes excavated from the Vila of the Papyri Herculaneum, circa 1754, these athletes are stooped in a pose of readiness, their heads slightly turned Sinister and Dexter. Cast in sections in the lost wax method, having weathered green showing some old repairs - especially evident on the back of one model.
Cast from a mould taken from the Roman version - now in the Naples National Archaeological Museum - the original model (probably much earlier, dating back to the late third century BC) most likely celebrating a victorious athlete (or wrestler) in the pan Hellenic games.
Cast from a mould taken from the Roman version - now in the Naples National Archaeological Museum - the original model (probably much earlier, dating back to the late third century BC) most likely celebrating a victorious athlete (or wrestler) in the pan Hellenic games.
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