# Roman Wrestlers [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [SWEERTS, Michiel]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 86 x 128 cm ## Commentary In Sweerts's paintings the accent lies fairly strongly on the dramatic constrasts between the brightly illuminated and therefore emphatically modelled characters and their much darker surroundings. He often took his subject matters from daily life in Rome where he was active between 1646 and 1651. In these paintings, such as the Roman Wrestlers, it is striking how he paints his humble characters in poses, gestures and arranged in compositions that look classicist and are even reminiscent of antique sculptural models. ## Related artworks - [A Hunting Company Resting]() - [A Young Maidservant]() - [Boy with a Turban]() - [Portrait of a Boy]() - [Portrait of a Young Man]() - [Self-Portrait]() - [Soldiers Playing Dice]() - [The Drawing Class]() - [The Great Laundry Day]() - [Young Artist Drawing Bernini's Neptune and Triton]() - [Young Man and the Procuress]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()