Gladiators after the Combat
José Moreno Carbonero, 1882Fine art reproduction on 200gsm matte paper. A5 to A2, plus 12x16 and 18x24 inches.The fight is over. In the shadow beneath the arena, one gladiator sinks onto the steps and looks up, while the other stands and gets his breath back.
José Moreno Carbonero painted Gladiators after the Combat in 1882, in his first year as a scholarship student at the Spanish Academy in Rome. He was twenty-four. Instead of the fight, he paints what comes after. Two gladiators rest in a dim stone passage. One leans by a pillar. The other sits on the steps with a pale cloth around his shoulders.
Look closely at the pillar. The Latin inscription copies a real fight notice painted on a wall in Pompeii. It announces that the gladiator troupe of the aedile Aulus Suettius Certus will fight on 31 May, with a hunt and awnings to shade the crowd. Notice the laurel leaves on the ground, the sign of victory. The painting belongs to the Museo del Prado and hangs on long-term loan at the Museo de Málaga, in the city where Moreno Carbonero was born.
The look
Stone grey, warm skin tones and a flash of faded orange cloth in deep shadow. Quiet, weary and human. Roman wall art for a study, a home library or a hallway, and moody wall art with a story from ancient Rome.
Sizes
| Size | Centimetres | Inches |
|---|---|---|
| A5 | 14.8 x 21 cm | 5.8 x 8.3 in |
| A4 | 21 x 29.7 cm | 8.3 x 11.7 in |
| A3 | 29.7 x 42 cm | 11.7 x 16.5 in |
| A2 | 42 x 59.4 cm | 16.5 x 23.4 in |
| 12 x 16 in | 30.5 x 40.6 cm | 12 x 16 in |
| 18 x 24 in | 45.7 x 61 cm | 18 x 24 in |
This painting stops at A2. Above that size the original photograph loses the fine detail of the brushwork, so the shop does not offer it.
Custom sizes on request. Inch sizes have a slightly different shape from A sizes, so the edges trim a little. Size guide
Frames and delivery
Choose a black, white or oak frame, or order the print unframed. It is printed locally in the UK, Europe, the US, Canada or Australia, at the location closest to you. Free tracked shipping, no customs fees. Printing and delivery
Gifting
A strong gift for a birthday, a graduation or a new home library. A painting about the moment after the battle.
More like this
For the fight itself, see Pollice Verso by Jean-Léon Gérôme. More warriors in our Portrait Paintings collection: Germanic Warrior with Helmet by Osmar Schindler and The Nubian Guard by Charles Knighton Warren.
