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Source Description
This exquisitely modeled boxer demonstrates the sculptor's ability to realistically render the athletic physique. The figure also reveals the level of excellence Hellenistic artists achieved in small-scale sculpture. The athlete's hands are wrapped with leather thongs, the Greek equivalent of boxing gloves, and he holds a sponge. Lamps that burned olive oil would have been suspended from chains at each corner of the base. Boxing was a popular and violent contest in which almost any blow was permitted, including eye-gouging.
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Document identity
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22392
label
Statuette of a Boxer
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object
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Source metadata
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22392
sourceUrl
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object
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normalized
title
Statuette of a Boxer
description
This exquisitely modeled boxer demonstrates the sculptor's ability to realistically render the athletic physique. The figure also reveals the level of excellence Hellenistic artists achieved in small-scale sculpture. The athlete's hands are wrapped with leather thongs, the Greek equivalent of boxing gloves, and he holds a sponge. Lamps that burned olive oil would have been suspended from chains at each corner of the base. Boxing was a popular and violent contest in which almost any blow was permitted, including eye-gouging.
provenance
Joseph Brummer, New York and Paris, 1924, by purchase [Brummer inv. no. N665]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1924, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1st century BC (Hellenistic)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
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en
genreSpecific
Metal
figurines
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3
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3
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
27.5
height
10
depth
9
dimensionsRaw
10 13/16 x 3 15/16 x 3 9/16 in. (27.5 x 10 x 9 cm)
Source extras
cul
Greek
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solid cast bronze
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6256
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GRC
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2189
2237
2914
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