The Wrestlers
1867
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1867
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
The Wrestlers is a 1867 photographic by Henri Leopold Levy, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This image is a photograph of a sculpture, titled "The Wrestlers," taken by Levy in 1867. The sculpture depicts two men wrestling, with one man on top of the other. The photograph is in black and white, and the sculpture appears to be made of stone or marble. The photograph is taken from a slight angle, giving the viewer a sense of depth and perspective. The background of the photograph is not clearly visible, but it appears to be a room or gallery with other objects or sculptures on display. If you're interested in learning more about this style of photography, you might want to explore the work of other artists who were part of the Impressionism movement.
A stereoscopic photograph from 1867 shows a sculpture titled *The Wrestlers* displayed in the Prussian gallery at the Paris International Exhibition.
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Henri-Léopold Lévy (23 September 1840, Nancy - 29 December 1904, Paris) was a French painter of Jewish ancestry, known primarily for mythological and Biblical subjects.
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