Child Boxer

Description The muscularity of the boy's body suggests that he is the child Herakles who was taught boxing skills by Harpalykos of Phanote, the son of Hermes.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
11/15/1959	Examination	survey
10/13/1972	Treatment	cleaned; coated
10/13/1972	Examination	examined for condition
11/01/1988	Treatment	cleaned
9/01/2009	Treatment	technical study; cleaned

Exhibitions

• From Alexander to Cleopatra: Greek Art of the Hellenistic Age. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1988-1989.
• Heroes: Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville; San Diego Museum Of Art, San Diego; Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation (USA), New York. 2009-2011.

Provenance Madame E. Warneck Collection Sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 1905, no. 152; Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters