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Saturday, November 1, 2025

Otriades


This is Otriades by Johan Tobias Sergel from 1779.  This outstanding work
got the Swedish sculptor elected to the prestigious French Academy.

 

2 comments:

  1. - Othryades den siste av de 300 spartene -
    Like the sculpture of the Dying Gaul in Rome. Fitting as Sergel studied in Rome as well as Paris.

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    1. For a brief moment I thought it might be a copy of the Gaul, but important differences immediately became apparent.

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