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The Borghese Gladiator |
Agasias son of Dositheus
100 BCE (copy 2009) |
Bronze copy of a marble sculpture portraying a swordsman, created at Ephesus about 100 BCE. The original is at the Louvre in Paris.
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The Borghese Gladiator This bronze figure is a copy of a statue that stood here in the late 17th century. It is modelled on the Borghese Gladiator, an ancient marble statue discovered near Rome. The statue disappeared in the 18th century. English Heritage installed this copy in 2009. |
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