After the antique, J. Tallsten (?): A Riace bronze, bronze with green marbled patina, 20th C.

H 93,5 cm

The Riace bronzes, also called the Riace Warriors, are two full-size Greek bronze statues of naked bearded warriors, cast about 460–450 B.C. that were found in the sea in 1972 near Riace, Calabria, in southern Italy. The bronzes are now in the Museo Nazionale della Magna Grecia in the nearby city of Reggio Calabria. They are two of the few surviving full-size ancient Greek bronzes (which were usually melted down in later times), and as such demonstrate the superb technical craftsmanship and exquisite artistic features that were achieved at this time (link).