# Male Nudes in Struggle

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## Artwork

- Artist: [DORIGNY, Louis](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dorigny-louis-r14a36c5ece841b>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Fresco

## Commentary

The picture shows the depiction of a pair of virile nudes engaged in a tenacious struggle, painted in imitation of classical marble statues. It is located on one of the short walls in the main hall of the villa, below the scene of Perseus Displaying the Head of Medusa.

## Related artworks

- [Bacchanal \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dorigny-louis-r14a36c5ece841b/bacchanal-detail-r4b195c261f796b>)
- [Bacchanal \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dorigny-louis-r14a36c5ece841b/bacchanal-detail-r85d2a079ada5db>)
- [Bacchanal \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dorigny-louis-r14a36c5ece841b/bacchanal-detail-rb524caa327a08a>)
- [Bacchanal \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dorigny-louis-r14a36c5ece841b/bacchanal-detail-rfb6b7a43dc58b5>)
- [Bacchanal](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dorigny-louis-r14a36c5ece841b/bacchanal-r43a944685d0d5a>)
- [Ballroom ceiling \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dorigny-louis-r14a36c5ece841b/ballroom-ceiling-detail-r6db1dbfe7a395d>)
- [Ballroom ceiling \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dorigny-louis-r14a36c5ece841b/ballroom-ceiling-detail-ra20960892f1b52>)
- [Ballroom ceiling \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dorigny-louis-r14a36c5ece841b/ballroom-ceiling-detail-re0203a1a15a0b6>)
- [Ceiling decoration](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dorigny-louis-r14a36c5ece841b/ceiling-decoration-r7e1ae13780b20f>)
- [Ceiling of the grand staircase](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dorigny-louis-r14a36c5ece841b/ceiling-of-the-grand-staircase-rf088926aa61929>)
- [Corridor ceiling \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dorigny-louis-r14a36c5ece841b/corridor-ceiling-detail-raf809702732630>)
- [Deception and Avarice](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dorigny-louis-r14a36c5ece841b/deception-and-avarice-r9cf8409e7e71e7>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)