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The Wrestlers

Workshop of
Massimiliano Soldani, Italian, 1656–1740
Date
late 17th–early 18th century
Material
Bronze
made in
Florence, Tuscany region, Italy, Europe
Classification
Metalwork, sculpture
Collection
European Art to 1800
Current Location
Not on view
Dimensions
with base: 16 1/2 x 13 1/4 x 10 1/8 in. (41.9 x 33.7 x 25.7 cm)
Credit Line
Museum Purchase
Rights
Public Domain
Object Number
273:1955
NOTES
This bronze depicts the ancient Olympic sport of wrestling which was a combination of boxing and wrestling. "The Wrestlers" is one of many copies of a famous marble sculpture, created by a Roman artist who copied an earlier Greek original. It was admired by 18th-century collectors and connoisseurs, who considered it a fine example of the ancient mastery of the muscular male nude, and commissioned Italian sculptors to produce copies for them.
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