Cleveland Museum of Art

Athlete or Apollo

Date

probably 100–1 BCE

Medium

bronze with silver inlays

Culture

Greece, Macedonia(?)

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

This bronze statuette depicts a nude male, perhaps a young athlete or the youthful god Apollo. The figure is made from solid bronze, with a fillet of inlaid silver on his head. The figure’s right arm is broken off just above the elbow. If this is a statue of Apollo, he may have once held a bow and arrow; if it depicts an athlete, he could have held athletic equipment, a symbol of victory, or an offering dish. The eyes of this figure are decorated with inlaid silver.

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