Antique Wrestling

A wonderful Neo-Classical bronze of two wrestlers by the noted German Sculptor Philipp E. Hamburger.

The Wrestlers, dated 1962 signed EE dates 1962 - Large 1962 British Figurative School portrait of two male wrestlers, oil on board.

The wrestlers, after the antique Statuary Marble Signed dated Located "A Leoni di Firenze Fecit L'ano 1835".  

An enchanting and classical late 19th century patinated bronze study of two cherubs wrestling over a heart, after Etienne-Maurice Falconet (1716-1791).

**Late 19th Century Sketchbook – Caricatures, Wrestlers, Female Nudes – We have not been able to identify the author of these sketches; however, they demonstrate a skilled hand.

Very fine and detailed lead sculpture of two boys wrestling with a dolphin .The boys are standing on a sea bed of shells, sand, and rocks, while one boy is holding onto the other one...

Wrestling is an etching realized by Eugène Burnand (1850-1921) in the Late 19th century.

Antique print, titled: 'Japansche worstelaars.' - ('Japanese wrestlers'). Two wrestlers cautiously approach each other in the middle of a ring.

Grand scale terra cotta after the Roman marble Wrestlers sculpture at The Uffizi. Wrestlers (also known as The Two Wrestlers, The Uffizi Wrestlers, or The Pancrastinae) is after the...

'The Parade of Fairground Wrestlers', India ink on art paper, Modern French School (early 1900s).

Max Beckmann (German, 1884-1950) Jacob wrestling with the Angel (Jakob ringt mit dem Engel), 1920.

The sculpture depicts the classical ‘The Wrestlers’, a now-lost Greek original known to us today through a Roman reproduction.

Antique Grand Tour Plaster Cast after Antonio Canova – Life-Size Figural Group This impressive, life-size antique plaster cast represents one of the most powerful figural composition...

Italian Copper plate engraving of a famous classical statue of two men wrestling, plate XXIX from the Roman publication of 1704, Raccolta di statue antiche e moderne, by Domenico de...

Antique print titled ‘Wrestlers at Yokuhama’. Lithograph of wrestlers at Yokohama, Japan.

Lovely and very detailed piece. Unigned. Japan 19th or early 20th century. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Region of Origin: Japan Period: 18th century Japan D...

A heavy, solid-cast Japanese bronze of two sumo wrestlers, finely detailed with taut musculature, expressive faces, and traditional mawashi belts.

18th/19th Century Italian Infant Hercules Wrestling a Snake Alabaster 18 x 18 x 6 inches 40 lb.

The front panel features a vibrant folk art scene of two figures wrestling, a motif that often symbolizes strength, playfulness, and harmony in Chinese culture.

This exceptional 19th century Italian hand carved marble group titled: 'The Wrestlers' was carved after a Greek original of the 3rd century BCE.

A very fine Grand Tour bronze of a naked wrestler after the ancient Roman original. 19th century, Italian.

They were two Greek wrestlers who fought in the 2nd century that ended in a tie.

A fascinating 19th century view of Chinese Sumo wrestlers in a mountainous landscape Circle of George Chinnery (1774-1852) Chinese wrestlers in a landscape Watercolour 6 x 8½ inches...

Milo (or Milon) of Croton was a legendary Greek wrestler from the Greek settlement of Croton in southern Italy.

"Large Bronze after the Antique, preserved in the Uffizi in Florence, The Wrestlers, around 1880"

Boldly and energetically painted, this Art Deco bowl depicts two nude male figures -- Jacob and the angel -- wrestling during the night, as related in the book of Genesis.

Obverse: the hero Thessalos, chlamys and petasos trailing behind him, wrestling bull right Reverse: horse running right, trailing reins Weight: 5.96 g Grade: About extremely fine Mi...

The face of Laocoon from the group of "Laocoon and His Two Sons Wrestling with Serpents," the original of which is a Greek sculpture from Rhodes from the 1st century AD.

The central drop-front panel features a breathtaking, highly detailed biblical scene depicting Jacob wrestling the Angel, framed by classical Corinthian columns.

By Maison Gossin Frères (signed on the side of the ground), the bacchanalian scene depicts two putti wrestling a goat.

Comparisons may be drawn with Mantegna’s Allegory of the Fall of Ignorant Humanity in the British Museum, as well as with the British Museum’s Hercules wrestling with Antaeus, attrib...

Shun’ei is particularly celebrated for his depictions of Kabuki actors and sumo wrestlers. His theatrical portraits are often considered a precursor to the psychologically charged ac...

Some of the men are mounted on horses, while others are shown wrestling, boxing, or fencing. It appears to depict various sports from the late 18th to early 19th century.

Sculptural Mastery & Fine Details Cast in high-quality bronze with a rich, multi-toned silvered and warm patinated finish, this piece features two beautifully modeled cherubs (putti)...

The wrestling scene was interpreted by one scholar of ancient Greek art as “two wrestling Erotes, may personify the interior struggles and doubts of the bride…”.

The setting is a capriccio of objects related to the art and culture of the time, skilfully displayed, including a Persian carpet on the desk, a beautiful celestial globe on a pedest...

Large Japanese Hirado Porcelain Blue & White grouping of Shi Shi dogs playing, Meiji Period Modeled as a pair of shishi playfully wrestling, the group is fully sculpted in the r...

These would have been used in a training gymnasium for wrestling or boxing practice. The surface shows authentic wear and a developed patina in accordance with age and use.

This work left an impression on his contemporary, Frederic Leighton (1830-1896), who subsequently assigned the carving in marble of his Athlete Wrestling with a Python (1888-1890) to...

The scene depicts Pan wrestling a goat with remarkable fluidity and energy.

Victorian Cast Iron Umbrella Stand This great piece shows the story of the young Hercules wrestling with a serpent, this forms the support for the umbrellas, the grassy base forms ...

Oskar Schneider, a German masked wrestler, is credited with starting the masked wrestler craze in 1909.

While Geyger’s inspiration ultimately derives from antiquity—specifically an ancient wrestler’s torso in Berlin—his achievement lies in a fresh, modern reinterpretation of the Ideal.

The shoulder features Herakles wrestling the Nemean lion, with the hero's quiver and cloak hanging above, flanked by four figures.

Quality antique porcelain group by Karl Tutter having a Hutschenreuther model of two cherubs wrestling a shaped gilded base. Stamp to base. D. 1930

At the time, Spain’s empire was wrestling with both a Protestant challenge and moral reform from within.

In catch-as-catch-can wrestling, both contestants started out standing and then a wrestler sought to hold his opponent's shoulder to the ground (known as a fall).

He challenged all passers-by to a wrestling match that he invariably won. Upon winning, he slaughtered his adversaries.

Dating to circa 1770, these paintings depict the illustrations of the wrestlers Mercurius e Museo Mediceo and Servus cultellum acuens et aufcultans.

In this poster, Ibels captures scenes from the exhibition and performances at La Bodinière Théâtre d’Application. Wrestlers, dancers, and theatre figures animate the composition, uni...

Issued in 1898 as the third supplement to Les Maîtres de l’Affiche, Les Lutteurs captures a backstage moment with a group of wrestlers waiting to enter the ring. Ibels arranges the b...

These guardians are depicted as intimidating statues resembling powerful wrestler-like beings. They are considered manifestations of the dharmapala Vajrapani, the oldest and most pot...

In this set: Bacchus wrestles playfully with a satyr in a moment of drunken abandon; a nude woman straddles a man in bed, rendered with tender intimacy; Apollo seizes a nymph, having...

From the series "Shukoku sekitori shu" (A collection with sumo wrestlers of all provinces). Half-length portrait of the actor Nakamura Shikan III as sumo wrestler Tetsugadake in a ma...

Medieval tournament scenes, ridden by Apaches, by Marshal Lyautey, wild in the steppes, or again, as here, domesticated but reluctant to submit to our blacksmith (this time, a blacks...

While “working on one of these terraces one afternoon,” he wrote, he was “completely surrounded and enveloped in whites – yellow, gray, blue, green, and pink whites – delicious white...

This 19th Century bronze figure of Silenus, God of wine, and tutor of Dionysus, is depicted wrestling a serpent. The serpent represented wisdom and eternal life to the Ancients.