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Works of Art (13)
Archers (detail), Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reigns of Khufu to Khafre, ca. 2551–2494 B.C., Egyptian; Excavated at Lisht, reused in the pyramid of Amenemhat I, probably originally from Giza, Painted limestone (22.1.23)  
 
Ball Player (?), 7th–10th century, Mexico, Nopiloa, Ceramic (1989.28) 
 
Boxers, 1818, Jean-Louis-André-Théodore Gericault (French), Lithograph (22.63.28) 
 
Gladiator cup, ca. 50–80 A.D.; Neronian–Early Flavianic, Roman; Found at Montagnole, southern France, Glass (81.10.245) 
 
Grave stele of a youth and a little girl, ca. 530 B.C.; Archaic, Greek, Attic, Parian marble (11.185a-c,f,g) 
 
John Biglin in a Single Scull, ca. 1873, Thomas Eakins (American), Watercolor on off-white wove paper (24.108) 
 
Panathenaic prize amphora, ca. 525–500 B.C.; black-figure, Attributed to the Kleophrades Painter, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (16.71) 
 
Panathenaic prize amphora, ca. 530–520 B.C.; Black-figure, Attributed to the Euphiletos Painter, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (14.130.12)  
 
Psykter, ca. 520–510 B.C.; red-figure, Attributed to Oltos, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (10.210.18)  
 
Statue of an athlete finishing a jump, ca. 450 B.C., Greek, Bronze (08.258.11)  
 
Statue of Diadoumenos, ca. 69–96 A.D.; Flavian; copy of a Greek original, ca. 430 B.C., Roman, Marble (Pentelic) (25.78.56)  
 
Statuette of a diskos thrower, ca. 480–460 B.C.; Classical, Greek, Bronze (07.286.87) 
 
The Champion Single Sculls (Max Schmitt in a Single Scull), 1871, Thomas Eakins (American), Oil on canvas (34.92) 
 
Thematic Essays (7)