Statue of a wrestler

The youth who is entirely naked seems to be in the act of stooping to avoid a dangerous attack of his adversary. His right knee rests on the ground, the whole weight of his body being thrown partly upon it, and partly on the left leg to which the trunk of a tree serves as a support. The arms are open and ready to clutch his opponent; the right being held extended along his side, while the left is partly bent. His gaze is turned upwards as if watching every movement of the antagonist who towers above him. Of this statue which must evidently have formed part of a group, there are several known replicas one of which was formerly in the Mattei collection. From the style which is remarkably correct, and the workmanship it would seem to belong to a school anterior to that of Lysippus.

Inv. nr. 355. H. 1.35.