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
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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