Late 19th century Italian school, after Antiquity Runner from the Villa dei Papyri, circa 1880 Proof in patinated bronze. H. 45 cm, terrace: 26 x 12 cm Numbers in ink under the terrace. Wear and rubbing. This is a reduction of a Roman copy buried by Vesuvius and discovered in the Villa dei Papyri at Herculaneum in 1750. The antique bronze is kept at the National Archaeological Museum in Naples (inv. 5626 and inv. 5627) and has been reproduced many times, notably by the famous Chiurazzi foundry in Naples.