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Wrestlers

1901/1999

Salar Jung Museum

Salar Jung Museum
Hyderabad, India

It depicts two men engage in the pankration style of wrestling, a sporting event introduced into the Greek Olympic Games in 648 BC. This sculpture is a bronze copy based on 3rd century BCE Greek original, which was lost in antiquity.

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  • Title: Wrestlers
  • Creator Nationality: France
  • Date Created: 1901/1999
  • Location: Salar Jung Museum
  • Subject Keywords: Greek Olympics
  • Type: Sculpture
  • Medium: Bronze
  • School: Classical Antiquity
Salar Jung Museum

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