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Sigisbert-Martial Michel (known as Lambert-Sigisbert Michel)
The 'Borghese Gladiator'1751

Not on view
White marble sculpture of a muscular nude male figure with raised fist and twisting torso, standing on a rectangular plinth beside a rough tree-stump support

Sigisbert-Martial Michel (known as Lambert-Sigisbert Michel), The 'Borghese Gladiator', 1751, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of the 2002 Collectors Committee, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Sigisbert-Martial Michel (known as Lambert-Sigisbert Michel)
France, 1727-circa 1759
Title
The 'Borghese Gladiator'
Place Made
France
Date Made
1751
Medium
Marble
Dimensions
22 1/4 x 18 x 15 5/8 in. (56.51 x 45.72 x 39.68 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the 2002 Collectors Committee
Accession Number
M.2002.45
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture
Selected Bibliography

  • "A Selection of 2002 Museum Acquisitions." Apollo 156, no. 490 (December 2002): 15-46.

  • Pénet, Pierre-Hippolyte, and Guilhem Scherf, editors. Les Adam: La Sculpture en Héritage. Gand: Éditions Snoeck, 2021.