Ferdinand Barbedienne Achille Collas Reduction Mechanique
‘Le Gladiateur Borghèse’
A mid 19th century French bronze figure of the Borghèse gladiator. Depicted standing, his left arm raised, the finely cast and chased bronze with dark brown patination. Now standing on a later marble block plinth. ‘Reduction mechanique’ seal & signed ‘F. Barbedienne’ to the base.
Bronze height 9” (23cm) Full height 11” (28cm)
Base width 6 7/8” (17.5cm)
Depth 4 3/8” (11cm)
French
Circa 1860
The Borghese Gladiator is a Hellenistic life-size marble sculpture discovered before 1611, south of Rome, among the ruins of a seaside palace of Nero. Created about 100BC, it was acquired by Napoleon Bonaparte from Camillo Borghese in 1807 and now resides in the Louvre.