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423 - AFTERANTONIO CANOVA, A GRAND TOUR BRONZE FIGURE OF THE PUGILIST DAMOXENUSEARLY 19TH CENTURY23cm high, the base 11cm wideCanova’smarble figures of the boxers Creugas and Damoxenus are now on display in theCortile Ottagono (Octagonal Court) of the Vatican Museums. Dating from 1800,Canova was inspired by the story of their fight related by Pausanias in hiswork “Hellados Periegesis” (“Description of Greece”).
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AFTERANTONIO CANOVA, A GRAND TOUR BRONZE FIGURE OF THE PUGILIST DAMOXENUSEARLY 19TH CENTURY23cm high, the base 11cm wideCanova’smarble figures of the boxers Creugas and Damoxenus are now on display in theCortile Ottagono (Octagonal Court) of the Vatican Museums. Dating from 1800,Canova was inspired by the story of their fight related by Pausanias in hiswork “Hellados Periegesis” (“Description of Greece”).
Auction details
Fine Furniture, Works of Art & Decorations at Benham Park - Day 2Auction house
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