The Uffizi Wrestlers

Large Grand Tour circa 1860s patinated bronze of the Wrestlers. Rich fine dark brown patina. Marked "F. Barbedienne Fondeur." The Wrestlers also known as The Two Wrestlers, The Uffizi Wrestlers or The Pancrastinae...

Monumental Italian Serpentine Marble Grand Tour "Uffizi Wrestlers"

An antique Italian carved serpentine sculpture after the Uffizi boar dating to the early 19th century. This seated wild boar displays impressive carved details and a pleasing scale ...

This exquisite 19th-century Italian sculpture is a finely carved representation of the iconic Uffizi Wrestlers, a classical subject celebrated for its dynamic portrayal of two wrestl...

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

Sculpture of Wrestlers in marble. ADDITIONAL PHOTOS, INFORMATION OF THE LOT AND SHIPPING INFORMATION CAN BE REQUEST BY SENDING AN EMAIL. Indicativ...

An almost life size plaster statue after the antique titled 'The Wrestlers". The Two young men are engaged in the Pankration, one of the most ...

A mid-19th century model of the Uffizi Boar, called 'Il Porcellino', by Austin & Seeley, the seated figure of the boar on an integral square plinth. This cast stone model of the Uffizi Boar takes its name from a 17th-century bronze fountain by sculptor Pietro Tacca, made for Cosimo II de' Medici and originally placed in the Loggia at the Mercato Nuovo in Florence. This civic space was also known as the Loggia del Porcellino, named after the boar as rubbing the statue's nose is said to bring great wealth. Made in the 1630s, it was modelled after an earlier marble version (Italian, 2nd-1st century BC) discovered in Rome in 1556 on the slopes of the Esquiline Hill, itself thought to be based on a lost Greek Hellenistic bronze version. After restoration, the marble statue was brought to Florence in 1568 as a gift from Pope Pius IV to Duke Cosimo I de’ Medici, initially placed in the Pitti Palace. Both this marble and the 17th-century bronze versions are now housed in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. It remained an immensely popular subject for Grand Tourists, who collected their own versions. It is a testament to the commercial prowess of Austin and Seeley...

After the Antique, "The Two Wrestlers", Carved Stone Sculpture, The Uffizi Wrestlers, depicting two men in the midst of a wrestling match, marked "Ettore Zocchi / Sculpteur a Florenc...

A pair of Grand Tour carved white marble sculptures after the Uffizi boar. These seated wild boars display impressive carved details as they symmetrically face each other in a hande...