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| Keywords: Greek - Statuette of a Boxer - Walters 541006 - Detail A.jpg 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 century 1 BC Hellenistic solid cast bronze cm 27 5 10 9 accession number 54 1006 22392 Joseph Brummer New York date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1924 Transformations in Hellenistic Art Mount Holyoke College Art Museum South Hadley 1983 Designed for Use Ancient Industrial Arts The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1983 From Alexander to Cleopatra Greek Art of the Hellenistic Age The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1988-1989 place of origin Greece Walters Art Museum license Ancient Greek sculptures in the Walters Art Museum Art from Greece Statues of ancient Greek and Roman athletes Boxers in art Ancient Greek boxing | ||||
