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Three Persons Viewing the Gladiator by Candlelight by Joseph Wright of Derby, 1765 (private collection)

Three Persons Viewing the Gladiator by Candlelight is a 1765 painting by Joseph Wright of Derby and now resides in a private collection in the United Kingdom. It depicts three men examining a reproduction of the Borghese Gladiator, a famous Hellenistic statue discovered in Italy. The painting, among the early works of Joseph Wright's maturity, was widely admired. Four years later a mezzotint print of it was made by William Pether.

The so-called "Borghese Gladiator", the work of Agasias of Ephesus (Louvre Museum)