id:			152256
accession number:	1985.137
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Boxer, 100–30 BCE. 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

title:				Boxer
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creation date:			100–30 BCE
creation date earliest:		-100
creation date latest:		-30
current location:		102C Greek
creditline:			Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
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culture:	Greece, Greco-Roman Period, late Ptolemaic Dynasty
technique:	bronze. solid cast, with copper inlays
department:	Greek and Roman Art
collection:	GR - Greek
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 21 x 11 cm (8 1/4 x 4 5/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Games for the Gods: The Greek Athlete
	opening date:   2004-07-20T00:00:00
	<i>Games for the Gods: The Greek Athlete</i>. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA (organizer) (July 20-November 28, 2004).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA/Los Angeles/Boston 1988-89, pp. 147-50, no. 24 (entry by Marion True)', 'opening_date': '1988-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (7/20/2004 - 11/28/2004): "Games for the Gods: The Greek Athlete"', 'opening_date': '2004-07-20T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Giovanni Dattari
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	Arthur Sambon
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	M. Heugel
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	Probably Alexandria. Formerly in the collections of Giovanni Dattari and Arthur Sambon; Dattari Sale, p. 50, no. 433, pls. LII-LIII; sale: Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, 25-28 May 1914, Collection Arthur Sambon, p. 19, no. 61, illus.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Hôtel Drouot. <em>Antiquités Égyptiennes Grecques et Romaines Vente à Paris, Hôtel Drouot, Salles Nos 9 et 10 le Lundi 17, Mardi 18 et Mercredi 19 Juin 1912 à Deux Heures Precises</em>. Paris: Hôtel Drouot, 1912.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 50, no 433; Reproduced: plates 52-3
	url:		https://ia802601.us.archive.org/0/items/collectionsdefeu00htel/collectionsdefeu00htel.pdf

	Galerie Georges Petit, F. Lair-Dubreuil, Jacob Hirsch, Meyer-Riefstahl, and Jules Féral. <em>Catalogue des objets d'art et de haute curiosité, de l'antiquité, du moyen âge, de la renaissance, et autres, faïences italiennes, terres émaillées des Robbia, porcelaines de Saxe, ivoires, objets variés, bijoux, bois sculptés, marbres, pierres, terres cuites, bronzes italiens, sculptures égyptiennes et grecques en marbre, terres cuites et bronzes grecs et romains, faïences orientales, importante série de Rhagès, manuscrits persans, sculptures et peintures chinoises, bronze de Mossoul, tableaux anciens des écoles primitives, de la renaissance et du XVIIIe siècle, œuvres de H. Met de Bles, Pater, etc., pastels par J.B. Liotard: formant la collection de M. Arthur Sambon</em>. 1914.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 21 no. 61; Reproduced: p. 19-20
	url:		https://archive.org/details/objetsdartetdeha00unse/page/n43/mode/2up

	Turner, Evan H. "The Year in Review for 1985." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 73, no. 2 (1986): 26-71. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159930.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 62; Reproduced: p. 38
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159930

	Kozloff, Arielle P., David Gordon Mitten, and Suzannah Fabing. <em>The Gods Delight: The Human Figure in Classical Bronze</em>. Cleveland, Ohio: Published by the Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1988.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 147-50; Reproduced: p. 148-9
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	Kozloff, Arielle P. Classical Art: A Brief Guide to the Collection, The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: The Museum, 1989.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 15 fig. 29
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	Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač.<em> Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999
	page number: 	Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 476-7
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	Herrmann, John J., and Christine Kondoleon. <em>Games for the Gods: The Greek Athlete and the Olympic Spirit</em>. Boston, Mass: MFA Publications, a division of the Museum of Fine Arts, 2004.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 178; Reproduced: p. 102, no. 67
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