Gladitorial Combat

1928

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Plate: 5 7/16 × 7 1/16 in. (13.8 × 17.9 cm) Sheet: 7 7/16 × 9 5/8 in. (18.9 × 24.4 cm)
Collection no.: 50.584.1
Attribution: By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Gladitorial Combat — Giorgio de Chirico. 1928.

Medium: Etching. Dimensions: Plate: 5 7/16 × 7 1/16 in. (13.8 × 17.9 cm) Sheet: 7 7/16 × 9 5/8 in. (18.9 × 24.4 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1950.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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