Cast Gallery catalogue number: B127

A warrior warding off a blow. He once held a shield on his left arm, and a sword in his right hand,

• Plaster cast: Height: 1.75m, Width: 1.50m.
• Copy of a marble statue.
• The statue:
  • is known as the Borghese Warrior.
  • is probably a version of an original of the 3rd century BC.
  • is signed by the copyist Agasias, son of Dositheos of Ephesos, in lettering of about 100 BC.
  • was found at Antium.
  • is now in Paris, Musée du Louvre, 527.