id: 108998 accession number: 1927.170 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1927.170 updated: 2022-03-04 10:00:13.273000 Athlete or Apollo, probably 100-1 BC. Greece, Macedonia (?), probably 1st Century BC. Bronze with silver inlays; overall: 30.8 x 9 cm (12 1/8 x 3 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1927.170 title: Athlete or Apollo title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: probably 100-1 BC creation date earliest: -100 creation date latest: -1 current location: 102C Greek creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund copyright: --- culture: Greece, Macedonia (?), probably 1st Century BC technique: bronze with silver inlays department: Greek and Roman Art collection: GR - Greek type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 30.8 x 9 cm (12 1/8 x 3 9/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: The Silver Jubilee Exhibition opening date: 1941-06-23T04:00:00 The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941). title: Juxtapositions opening date: 1965-09-11T04:00:00 Juxtapositions. The Cleveland Museum of Art (September 11-October 10, 1965). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: This bronze statuette depicts a nude male, perhaps a young athlete or the youthful god Apollo. Lost to time are objects he would have held in his hands, perhaps a bow and arrow. The weight-shift stance of the youth recalls the style of Praxiteles, master sculptor of the 4th century BC. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1928. page number: Reproduced: p. 79 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1928/page/n83 The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 22 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n20 Carter, Martha L. Classical Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1961. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 5; Plate 9 url: https://archive.org/details/ClassicalArt/page/n9 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1927.170/1927.170_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1927.170/1927.170_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1927.170/1927.170_full.tif