Weary from a fight and slumped on a seat, a seasoned boxer cast in bronze offers onlookers a portrait in contrasts: Cuts and bruises blemish his face, his nose is fractured and his hunched posture suggests both physical and mental exhaustion, and yet his brawny physique and unruffled hair and beard show him to be a Classically conceived, idealized athlete—albeit one mature in age. He looks up sharply to his right—someone across the way has his attention. This rare fully preserved bronze statue is one of about 50 sculptures featured in Power and Pathos: Bronze Sculpture of the Hellenistic […]
