Boxer at Rest

Termini, San Lorenzo

Boxer at Rest
Also known as the Boxer of the Quirinal, because it was found on the roman hill in 1885, it is a precious bronze sculpture from the late-hellenistic age attributed to the famed Lisippo and probably came from the  Hot Springs of Constantine. The man, naked and bearded, is still wearing his gloves, the so-called cesti,  made of three strips of leather bound by metal studs.