Bust, Torso del Gladiatore borghese - 100 cm - Plaster

Description
Refined 19th-century plaster bust, made as a life-size copy of the famous Gladiator Borghese, one of the most important sculptures of Greco-Roman antiquity, now housed at the Louvre Museum in Paris.

Dimensions are 100 cm in height, 60 cm in width and 50 cm in depth.

The original is a Greek sculpture dated to the early 1st century BC, traditionally attributed, according to the inscription on the pedestal, to Agasias, son of Dositeo, a sculptor active within the great Hellenistic tradition. The work is universally admired for its exceptional anatomical rendering, the dynamic tension of the body, and the balance between strength and grace.

This bust faithfully reproduces the head and upper part of the torso, returning with great precision the volumes, expressiveness and formal quality of the ancient model. The 19th-century casts of this type were intended for art academies, private collections and sculptors' studios, as study tools and as testimony to the neoclassical taste for antiquity.

Era
XIXth century

Material
Plaster

Dimensions
Life-size – scale 1:1

Original model
Gladiator Borghese
Greek sculpture, ca. 1st century BC
Attributed to Agasias, son of Dositeo
Conserved at the Musée du Louvre, Paris

Style
Neoclassical / Cast from ancient original

Condition
Good, with normal signs of age consistent with the age and historical function of the work

Historical note
The Gladiator Borghese is considered one of the supreme examples of Greek sculpture depicting heroic subject matter, symbol of discipline, tension and the classical ideal of humanity. The 19th-century casts like this represent autonomous historical testimonies, highly sought after by collectors, interior decorators and scholars. Packed in a wooden crate and insured for the object's value.

SHIPPING AND PACKAGING
the packaging requires a wooden crate to preserve its integrity, after which the object must be placed on a pallet