This is one of a pair of marble statues known as "The Boxers", located in the Royal Botanic Gardens. This two-metre high sculpture is a copy of "The Greek Boxer Damoxenos" by Antonio Canova which was completed in 1800 and is now in the collection at the Vatican Museum. The copy of "The Greek Boxer Kreugas" by Antonio Canova can be seen here. The two engaged in a boxing match at the Nemea Games, where Damoxenos killed Kreugas. The referee disqualified Damoxenos and declared the dead Kreugas the winner. These statues were made in Italy and installed in the Botanic Gardens in the 1880s.
The gardens is filled with sculpture!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.
ReplyDeleteAlways something interesting to see at the RBG!
ReplyDeleteNice location for the sculpture.
ReplyDeleteYes, I really like this excellent sculpture.
ReplyDeleteWhat an interesting botanic garden with so many big sculptures!
ReplyDeleteA multicultural sculpture to adorn these gardens. Greek boxers made in Italy and placed in Sydney in 1880. Multiculturalism is not such a new idea after all.
ReplyDeleteNice sculpture for the gardens!
ReplyDeleteNice sculpture in the Botanical Garden.
ReplyDeleteseems unfair to declare the 'dead' a winner?!! Love the statue and its history commentary you've shared.
ReplyDeletePerhaps better than declaring a 'murderer' the winner though.
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