An Object in Focus: #2 Frederic Leighton, Athlete Wrestling with a Python, 1877

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'An Object in Focus' is a series of short videos exploring collection highlights at Leighton House.

#2 Frederic Leighton, Athlete Wrestling with a Python, 1877
Presented by Daniel Robbins, Senior Curator at Leighton House

This image of an athlete wrestling a python, from 1877, might not look especially radical to our eyes, but it was thanks to this work that Frederic Leighton was recognised as the pioneer of a movement called ‘New Sculpture’.