id:			152841
accession number:	1985.79
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.79
updated:		2023-03-14 12:01:29.429000

Youth with Jumping Weights, c. AD 40–70. Italy, Rome, mid-1st Century. Marble; overall: 84.5 x 39.1 cm (33 1/4 x 15 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund, and Anonymous Gift 1985.79

title:				Youth with Jumping Weights
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creation date:			c. AD 40–70
creation date earliest:		35
creation date latest:		75
current location:		103 Roman
creditline:			Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund, and Anonymous Gift
copyright:			

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culture:	Italy, Rome, mid-1st Century
technique:	marble
department:	Greek and Roman Art
collection:	GR - Roman
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 84.5 x 39.1 cm (33 1/4 x 15 3/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Conserving the Past for the Future
	opening date:   2001-03-04T00:00:00
	<i>Conserving the Past for the Future</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 4-May 6, 2001).

	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

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PROVENANCE

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

digital 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.

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 14
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n29

	Herrmann, Ariel. "The Boy with the Jumping Weights." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 80, no. 7 (1993): 298-323.
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	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25161422

	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. 183; Reproduced: p. 130, no. 100.
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