C19th Bronze Grand Tour Sculpture of the Uffizi Wresters

Name: C19th Bronze Grand Tour Sculpture of the Uffizi Wresters
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA689754
Availability: SoldOut

19th century

Sold by Gary Wright Antiques Ltd

Description

C19th bronze Grand Tour sculpture of the Uffizi Wresters; with a good dark patination emphasising the shape and the movement of the wrestlers, on a shaped plinth base.

Italian circa 1840

Good condition

Dimensions (ins) 12 wide x 9.5 high x 7.5 deep

The Wrestlers (also known as The Two Wrestlers, The Uffizi Wrestlers or The Pancrastinae) is a Roman marble sculpture after a lost Greek original of the third century BC. It is now in the Uffizi collection in Florence, Italy. The statue was found in Rome in the middle of the 16th century. The work depicts two naked men struggling. One of them overwhelms the other, holds his right arm and is about to hit him. The athlete on the floor tries to lift himself.

Pankration (translated from Greek as “all of might”) was a violent, unrestrained combat sport practiced in ancient Greece, consisting primarily of elements of pygmachia (boxing) and palé (wrestling). It was featured at all four of the Panhellenic festivals; the ancient Olympic Games, Isthmian Games, Pythian Games, and Nemean Games.

Physical Dimensions

Height

24.1cm (9.49")

Width

30.5cm (12.01")

Depth

19.1cm (7.52")

Declaration

Gary Wright Antiques Ltd has dated this piece to the 19th Century.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA689754

Dealers Internal Reference

R0495

Dealers Notes

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Description

C19th bronze Grand Tour sculpture of the Uffizi Wresters; with a good dark patination emphasising the shape and the movement of the wrestlers, on a shaped plinth base.

Italian circa 1840

Good condition

Dimensions (ins) 12 wide x 9.5 high x 7.5 deep

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The Wrestlers (also known as The Two Wrestlers, The Uffizi Wrestlers or The Pancrastinae) is a Roman marble sculpture after a lost Greek original of the third century BC.

Gary Wright Antiques Ltd

It is now in the Uffizi collection in Florence, Italy. The statue was found in Rome in the middle of the 16th century. The work depicts two naked men struggling. One of them overwhelms the other, holds his right arm and is about to hit him. The athlete on the floor tries to lift himself.

fig 1. C19th bronze Grand Tour sculpture of the Uffizi Wresters — fig 1. C19th Bronze Grand Tour Sculpture of the Uffizi Wresters

Pankration (translated from Greek as “all of might”) was a violent, unrestrained combat sport practiced in ancient Greece, consisting primarily of elements of pygmachia (boxing) and palé (wrestling). It was featured at all four of the Panhellenic festivals; the ancient Olympic Games, Isthmian Games, Pythian Games, and Nemean Games.