Borghese Warrior - Sarasota, FL - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

from the brochure, this is stop number 3:

by Agasias (c. 170-86 BC)
Bronze
Original in the Louvre, Paris. Borghese family members were prominent art collectors who owned this work which was found in the city of Antium in the 17th Century AD. The warrior is depicted as he protects himself from attack with his shield (at one time attached to the arm guard on left arm). By Chiurazzi Founder, Naples, Italy
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Description: A nude relay runner with a band wrapped around his proper left forearm and a baton in his proper right hand. The figure's proper left arm is raised while his proper right arm is extended backward. The figure is mounted on marble plinth on top of a rectangular base.

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TITLE: Borghese Warrior ARTIST(S): Unknown DATE: Unknown MEDIUM: Bronze CONTROL NUMBER: IAS FL000583 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: St Armands Circle, Sarasota, FL DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: Inventory description incorrectly identifies this as a relay runner, when this sculpture is actually a replica of a sculpture depicting a warrior defending himself with a shield that is now missing. See description above taken from a brochure."

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