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An Athlete Wrestling with a Python by Frederic Leighton

An Athlete Wrestling with a Python (1877) by Frederic Leighton (1830-1896)

 

Bronze

 

"In its subject and scale, Frederic Leighton intended this sculpture as a challenge to the well-known classical sculpture, The Laocoön, which shows three men being crushed by sea serpents."

 

In the Tate Britain in London

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Uploaded on July 23, 2023
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