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The Lansdowne Athlete1st century B.C. or 1st century A.D. copy after a Greek original of circa 340-330 B.C. by Lysippos

Not on view
Full-length marble or plaster sculpture of a nude young man in contrapposto stance, both forearms missing, with a rough columnar support to his left side
Marble sculpture of a standing nude male figure viewed from a three-quarter angle, with curly hair, weight shifted onto one leg, right arm partially restored; a rough-hewn rectangular support pillar beside the left leg, on a square plinth.
Marble sculpture of a nude male figure in contrapposto stance, turned in three-quarter profile, with curly hair and a tree stump support at the left leg, mounted on a rectangular plinth.

Unknown, The Lansdowne Athlete, 1st century B.C. or 1st century A.D. copy after a Greek original of circa 340-330 B.C. by Lysippos, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, William Randolph Hearst Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Maker
Unknown
Title
The Lansdowne Athlete
Culture
Roman
Place Made
Rome
Date Made
1st century B.C. or 1st century A.D. copy after a Greek original of circa 340-330 B.C. by Lysippos
Medium
Marble
Dimensions
including base: 71 × 23 × 20 1/2 in. (180.34 × 58.42 × 52.07 cm) Other (chin to crown of head): 10 in. (25.4 cm) Base: 3 3/4 in. (9.53 cm) Weight: 1000 lb. (453.6 kg)
Credit Line
William Randolph Hearst Collection
Accession Number
49.23.12
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture: Greek and Roman
Selected Bibliography
  • Hopkins, Henry T., ed. Illustrated Handbook of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. West Germany: Bruder Hartmann, 1965.
  • Herrmann, John J., Jr. and Christine Kondoleon. Games for the Gods: The Greek Athlete and the Olympic Spirit. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2004.

  • Angelicoussis, Elizabeth. Reconstructing the Lansdowne Collection of Classical Marbles. Munich: Hirmer, 2017.

  • Howard, Seymour. "Some Eighteenth-Century 'Restored' Boxers." Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes 56 (1993): 238-255.
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Transformation: the LACMA Campaign. Los Angeles: Museum Associates, 2008.