Italy, Rome / c. 40–70 CE
Youth with Jumping Weights
The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogs Youth with Jumping Weights as sculpture (Italy, Rome · c. 40–70 CE).
The lower right leg and foot of this sculpture do not survive, and have been reconstructed.
A CLOSER LOOK
The museum identifies this sculpture as marble.
The museum's collection notes: 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.
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