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Borghese Gladiator
Borghese Gladiator
Borghese Gladiator
Borghese Gladiator
Borghese Gladiator
Borghese Gladiator
Borghese Gladiator
Borghese Gladiator
Borghese Gladiator
Borghese Gladiator

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A late seventeenth-century copy after the antique marble statue dating from c.100 BC, now in the Louvre, Paris. A statue of a nude male figure, a warrior, rather than a gladiator, he is posed leaning forwards with his weight on his right leg, his left leg stretched behind him. His left arm is outstretched and he holds a shield in his left hand, he looks over his left shoulder. The statue is displayed on a stone pedestal. The original statue is signed 'ΑΓΑΣΙΑΣ ΔΩΣΙ ΘΕΟΥ ΕΦΕΣΙΟΣ ΕΠΟΙΕΙ' (Agasias son of the Dositheus, Ephesus) on a supporting tree trunk behind the right leg. This feature is missing in the lead cast at Knole. The original statue does not hold a shield in his left hand, although this was commonly added in later casts.

National Trust, Knole

Sevenoaks

Title

Borghese Gladiator

Date

c.1697

Medium

lead & stone

Measurements

H 135 x W 190 x D 104 cm

Accession number

130066

Acquisition method

acquired by Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, 1697

Work type

Statue

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National Trust, Knole

Sevenoaks, Kent TN15 0RP England

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