Figure of Leonidas. 17 cm.

Description

Decorative figure of high quality, made in reconstituted marble (marble powder) and finely polished. Patinated with natural earth, which gives the figure the beauty of a sculpture ​aged by the course of time.

This sculpture can be exposed the weather (outdoors). Ideal for the decoration or as a gift.

Dimensions of the reproduction: Height: 17cm.  Width: 14cm.

Leonidas I ( c. 540 BC – 480 ) was a Spartan king, famous for dying heroically along with 300 of his warriors and another 1100 soldiers from other Greek polis in the defence of the pass of Thermopylae against the Persian army of King Xerxes during the Second Medical Wars (480 – 478 BC).

Reproduction and inspiration from ancient museum models.