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Youth with Jumping Weights

Youth with Jumping Weights

c. 40–70 CE
Overall: 84.5 x 39.1 cm (33 1/4 x 15 3/8 in.)
Location: 103 Roman

Did You Know?

The lower right leg and foot of this sculpture do not survive, and have been reconstructed.

Description

The hourglass-shaped jumping weights slung over his shoulder, together with the animal-skin punching bag on which he leans, characterize this youth as an athlete. The distinctive haircut, short with one long tress in back, may indicate a childhood vow, perhaps to be trimmed in a future ceremony. Several very similar sculptures exist in other collections, suggesting the existence of a single prototype, now lost.
  • The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991. Reproduced: p. 14 archive.org
    Herrmann, Ariel. "The Boy with the Jumping Weights." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 80, no. 7 (1993): 298-323. 25161422
    Herrmann, John J., and Christine Kondoleon. Games for the Gods: The Greek Athlete and the Olympic Spirit. Boston, Mass: MFA Publications, a division of the Museum of Fine Arts, 2004. Mentioned: p. 183; Reproduced: p. 130, no. 100.
  • Games for the Gods: The Greek Athlete. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA (organizer) (July 20-November 28, 2004).
    Conserving the Past for the Future. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 4-May 6, 2001).
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1985.79