Le Gladiateur

1717

Not on view

This French print reproduces the famous ancient marble known as The Borghese Gladiator (formerly in the Borghese Gallery at Rome, now at the Louvre). A replica in bronze by Hubert Le Sueur, with sword and shield added, still stands at Houghton at the base of William Kent's Great Staircase, offering a dramatic focal point. Sir Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford received the sculpture as a gift from the 8th Earl of Pembroke, who previously showed it at Wilton House, near Winchester.

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Title: Le Gladiateur
Series/Portfolio: Recueil de cinquante des plus belles figures antiques et modernes, Paris, 1703-23
Artist: After Michel Monier (French, active Rome, 1672–82, died 1686)
Engraver: Simon Thomassin (French, 1652–1732)
Date: 1717
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: sheet: 9 5/8 x 9 1/16 in. (24.5 x 23 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1925
Object Number: 25.62.27r(b)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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