A slim, nude young athlete raises his right hand to touch the olive wreath of victory on his head. Cast by the lost-wax method, the bronze probably stood among victor statues at a sanctuary such as Olympia. Fishermen netted it in the Adriatic off Fano in 1964; the Getty bought it in 1977, and Italy has pursued its return through the courts.
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His nipples and lips are inlaid in copper, and his eye sockets are empty: the eyes were once inlaid, probably with bone.
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