An Athlete Wrestling with a Python

Title

An Athlete Wrestling with a Python

Date Created

1877

Creator

Frederic Leighton (1830–1896)

Is Version Of

Sketch for An Athlete Wrestling with a Python, c. 1877, plaster, 251 x 156 x 130 mm. Tate (N01761); Presented by Prof. Alphonse Legros, 1897. http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/leighton-sketch-for-an-athlete-wrestling-with-a-python-n01761

Plaster cast of the first sketch model for Athlete Wrestling with a Python, Leighton House. Leighton presented these casts to his friends and fellow artists; the example at Leighton House was presented ca. 1900 by G. F. Watts.

Medium

Bronze

Format

Object: 1746 x 984 x 1099 mm, 290 kg

Rights

Public domain

Identifier

N01754

Contributor

Tate Britain; Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest, 1877
Omeka record contributed by Jenifer Norwalk

Date Submitted

November 29, 2016

Date Modified

January 21, 2017, by LM

Source

Wikimedia

URL

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Leighton_Athlete_Wrestling_with_a_Python_01_Tate_Britain.jpg

Files

Leighton_Athlete_Python.png
Leighton_Athlete_Wrestling_with_a_Python_01_Tate_Britain.jpg

Collection

Reference

An Athlete Wrestling with a Python, Frederic Leighton (1830–1896)

Cite As

Frederic Leighton (1830–1896), “An Athlete Wrestling with a Python,” Victorian Artists at Home, accessed October 22, 2026, https://artistsathome.emorydomains.org/items/show/167.

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