Lot 58 A COMPOSITION STONE FIGURE OF A RIACE WARRIOR, POSSIBLY TYDEUS, 20TH CENTURY, AFTER THE ANTIQUE 460-450 BC GREEK ORIGINAL
Reference: ART4003158
With patinated finish overall, the figure modelled standing and nude, his left forearm raised at the elbow, and stood atop a matching pedestal.
Overall height 207 cm.
Discovered in 1972 off the coast of Riace, Calabria, the Riace Warriors are two full-size Greek bronzes of naked bearded warriors.
Believed to have been cast about 460-450 BC.
The model offered here is a copy of ‘Statue A’, who is believed to possibly represent Tydeus.