Uffizi Wrestlers
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| Image:Sommer, Giorgio (1834-1891) - Lottatori Firenze.jpg |
| Uffizi Wrestlers |
| Anon., 3rd century BC original |
| White marble |
| Florence, Uffizi |
The Uffizi Wrestlers or the Two Wrestlers is an ancient marble sculpture of two wrestlers now in the Uffizi collection.
The two figures are clutching one another, and one seems to have the upper hand, holding the other knelt down and twisting his arm back. Their muscular structure is very defined and exaggerated due to their physical and sustained effort. Neither of the two heads are original to the group, though that of the lower figure is older and is as advanced sylistically as the sons in the "Niobe Group". The heads were probably added later - the style is typical of the free restoration done in Roman Republican period, when fragments were added to other fragments regardless of whether or not the two were anatomically matched.
The sculpture has previously been attributed to Miro, Cephisodotus the Younger and Heliodorus - the last two are mentioned by Pliny as creators of a sculptural called “symplegmata” (ie groups that connect closely with each other). Currently the sculpture is considered to be a Roman copy from an original bronze by a student of Lysippus or the Pergamene school.
It has been much copied since its Renaissance rediscovery, both in full size and in miniature, and the subject in general was treated by Michelangelo.[1]
Uffizi wrestlers Magnier Louvre MR2040.jpg
The Louvre version (17th century, full size). |
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Miniature replica (Munich, Glyptothek). |
