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Borghese Gladiators

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Written by: James MoreauContributing Writer · Furniture & Decorative Arts
Old Master Paintings · Catalogue no. 867939
Agasias

Borghese Gladiators

StatusReference work · Not for sale
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Artist / MakerAgasias
Date1 BCE
Mediumsandstone, iron, zinc
Genrestatue, group of sculptures
TypeSculpture
LocationCharlottenburg Palace
About the Artist

BiographyAgasias (-200–-100) — Son of Menophilus, Ephesian sculptor.Agasias worked as sculptor and brazier. Their documented life spans the years -200 to -100, born in Ephesus.Disciplinessculptor, brazierBorn-200, EphesusDied-100Sources: Wikidata · Wikipedia Full biography →

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