Statue of Gladiator, 1920s, Bronze

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Bronze Statue Of Gladiator, Wounded Gladiator in bronze, Italian sculpture from the early 1900s in good condition. The figure is … Read more Bronze Statue Of Gladiator, Wounded Gladiator in bronze, Italian sculpture from the early 1900s in good condition. The figure is inspired by the Hellenistic sculpture depicting the Dying Gaul, the famous Morente Gaul in marble from the Capitoline Museums in Rome. The neoclassical work is signed on the edge of the base Campajola, Tommaso Campajola 1890 – 1968 active in Naples, see photo detail. It is the representation of a defeated warrior, a gladiator with bleeding wounds from a cutting weapon on one leg and chest who, kneeling on the ground, raises the sword with the broken blade with one hand, while with the other he holds the shield depicting the bas-relief of Medusa. The casting was performed in earth and has a dark green patina; it dates back to the early decades of the 1900s and is in perfect condition. Under the base it bears the label of a Venetian shop. This Italian sculpture finds its raison d'être in what were the proposals for travel souvenirs and collecting of the Grand Tour. This piece has an attribution mark,
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