Two Bronze Models of the Herculaneum Runner

Dark patinated cast bronze, after the original excavated at the Villa of the Papyri, the larger circa 1900 (11 1/4 in.), the smaller likely a later casting (4 1/4 in.), both unsigned.

Private Collection, Aiken, South Carolina

Larger a more detailed casting, with loosness to mount and spotting and rubbing to patina; the smaller in rougher casting, some rubbing to patina.