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Look what Martin Fennelly Antiques has put up for sale on-line: <br/><br/> <a href='http://www.fennelly.net/Item.aspx?id=22874'>689 Sold Large French Bronze of the Borghese Gladiator - Ferdinand Barbedienne</a><br/><br/><img src='https://file.4pm.ie/911/b99d8443.jpg.125x137.png' alt='689 Sold Large French Bronze of the Borghese Gladiator - Ferdinand Barbedienne'/><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">This is a suoerb example of <strong>The Borghese Bronze</strong>. Dating to the late 19th Century and in excellent condition and sporting a deep rich Patina. The Bronze was cast be the famed Ferdinand Barbedienne foundry in Paris and is stamped. This is a large version of this bronze and an elegant piece of sculpture it is. The piece stands on an integral plinth and bears the foundry stamp 'F BARBEDIENNE FONDEUR'</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Height</span></span></span></strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> 27&quot; (68cm) <strong>Base, Length</strong> 17.75&quot; (45cm) <strong>Base Depth 10.5</strong> (27cm)&nbsp; <strong>Item Sold</strong></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-size: medium;">&nbsp;</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-size: medium;">The original Borghese Gladiator is a Hellenistic life-size marble sculpture portraying a swordsman, created at Ephesus about 100 BC, now on display at the Louvre.</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Foundry - Ferdinand Barbedienne, (1810-92) is mostly known for his bronze foundry, which he owned with Achille Collas in 1839 who had invented a method for mechanical size reduction of larger sculptures.</span></span></span></span></p>