Seated Boxer
Museo delle Terme, Rome, Italy
This image shows a copy in the Beazley collection, England.
The IISOH will purchase a bronze copy made from a mold of the original statue.
The benefactor can name this Sculpture Garden section which will be dedicated with
a marker engraved in stone (marble or granite) or cast in relief in bronze.
Artist unknown
Found in Rome, 1885
The statue was excavated from the south slope of the Quirinal Hill,
apparently buried to keep it safe. Very few original bronze statues
from antiquity exist, so this was a great find.
variety of names including: Seated Boxer Terme Boxer Boxer of the Quirinal while the museum also is referenced by a variety of names including: National Roman Museum Museo Nazionale Romano Terme di Diocleziano Museo Nazionale delle Terme Museo delle Terme, Rome and others. |
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