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| Keywords: Workshop of Ferdinando Tacca - Two Women Wrestling - Walters 54647.jpg Wrestling matches between scantily clad women as well as men were a form of court entertainment in 17th-century Italy Casts of Two Women Wrestling were sometimes paired with Two Men Wrestling The subject of women wrestling is not ancient and a life-size statue would shock but the naturalism drama and veiled eroticism are suited to the small scale appropriate to a collector's study It exemplifies the impact of the tastes of the collector on the expanded subject matter of the Baroque The natural tension of the conflict leads the eye around the wrestlers Chief sculptor to the grand duke of Tuscany Tacca maintained the workshop that had been Giovanni Bologna's No small bronzes are documented as having been created by him but several are attributed to him by comparison with larger signed pieces between 1650 1690 Baroque bronze cm 14 3 7 2 accession number 54 647 11380 Jacques Seligmann Paris by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters World of Wonder The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1971-1972 place of origin Florence Italy Walters Art Museum license Baroque sculpture in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Ferdinando Tacca | ||||
