Bronze "The Wounded Amazon"

"The Wounded Amazon", wearing a short tunic standing on a rectangular base.  This patinated bronze is after the antique.  A Roman marble example from 1st-2nd century CE can be viewed at the Metropolitan Museum. Another example by Luigi Valadier circa 1780 in Rome housed in the Vatican Museums known as "Amazone Mattei".  This bronze example has nice patina throughout with one leg slightly bent. Her pelta (shield of the Amazons) rests against a tree trunk. Her helmet is on the ground and one arm raised above her head (perhaps displaying her wound).   

French;  19th century

Height: 19 1/2” (49,5cm )

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