Young Athlete of Westmacott Type
Original: ca. 420 BCE; Roman copy: 1st century BCE-4th century CE (Classical-Roman)
73 1/2 in. (186.69 cm)
Citation
Source image
On better preserved copies of this figure, the athlete raises his right arm to place a wreath, perhaps a prize for an athletic victory, on his head. The statue may be based on the "Cyniscus" by Polyclitus, a work depicting an Olympic champion boxer of the mid 5th century. The...
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Sculpture
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34677
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sculpture
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stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome, by 1894, [mode of acquisition unknown] [marble no. 10]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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CC0
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en
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pageCount
2
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import
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Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_23.24_Back_DD_T06.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_23.24_Back_DD_T06.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_23.24_Back_DD_T06.jpg |
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/23.24 |
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Medium
marble