Cast Gallery catalogue number: C138

Head of boxer.

• Plaster cast: Height: 42 cm.
• Copy of a head from a marble statue.
• The statue:
  • is a version of a bronze of the late 4th century BC, allied to Lysippos.
  • was acquired by Copenhagen in 1889 from the dealer Martinetti in Rome.
  • is now in Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, inv. 542.

Detailed Record

Commentary Prepared by Dr. Julia Lenaghan, Ashmolean Museum

C 138
Bearded Head of Man; Copenhagen

Marble
Head
Denmark, Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, 118