Boxer
100–30 BC
Maker Unknown
Greek and Roman Art
Boxer, 100–30 BC. Greece, Greco-Roman Period, late Ptolemaic Dynasty. Bronze. solid cast, with copper inlays; overall: 21 x 11 cm (8 1/4 x 4 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1985.137 This boxer raises his arms to pull tight the thongs (now lost) that Greek and Roman boxers wound around their hands for protection. The sinuous body curve and long proportions are characteristic of the late Hellenistic period, when artists created more elongated versions of athletes and other classical figures. The long topknot (cirrus) identifies this athlete as a hand-to-hand fighter, most likely a boxer.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- bronze. solid cast, with copper inlays
- Dimensions
- Overall: 21 x 11 cm (8 1/4 x 4 5/16 in.)
- Departments
- Greek and Roman Art
- Accession Number
- 1985.137
- Credit Line
- Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
- Exhibitions
- Games for the Gods: The Greek Athlete, CMA/Los Angeles/Boston 1988-89, pp. 147-50, no. 24 (entry by Marion True)<br>Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (7/20/2004 - 11/28/2004): "Games for the Gods: The Greek Athlete"
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 102C Greek
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