Superb Example of The Borghese Gladiator with well defined muscles and tendons, first half of the Nineteenth Century, complete with a rare Irish Kilkenny Marble rectangular base of similar age.
Condition: Superb condition with wonderful patination.
Height: (entire as shown) 11" (28cm). Width: (base) 10" (25.5cm). Depth: (base) 5.25" (13.5cm).
Eur.775.00 Sold
NOTE: Original which was of carved marble was found at Nettuno near Anzio in 1611. By 1613 it was in the Borghese Collection. It was purchased by Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) General and Emperor of France.