Description
A "retiarius," a Roman gladiator who fought with a trident and net, is being crushed in the paws of a bear and has already lost consciousness.
Exhibitions
The National Sculpture Society Celebrates the Figure. The National Sculpture Society, New York; Port of History Museum, Philadelphia. 1987.
Provenance
Hermann Terrell [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1947, by gift.
