Description
Broken from the rest of the left arm some distance above the wrist, this fragment preserves much of the left forearm and the entire hand. The fingernails and folds of the palm are finely modeled, giving the hand a lifelike appearance. The positioning of the fingers and thumb suggests that the hand once gently grasped something, perhaps a slender branch of the now-lost tree.
Provenance
Ernst-Ulrich Walter, Germany; [Phoenix Ancient Art, 2004] (2004); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (2004-)
Detached Left Forearm and Hand of the Cleveland Apollo: Apollo Sauroktonos (Lizard-Slayer) or Apollo the Python-Slayer
c. 350–200 BCE
Accession Number
2004.30.b
Medium
bronze, copper and stone inlay
Dimensions
Overall: 25.9 x 8.8 x 8.7 cm (10 3/16 x 3 7/16 x 3 7/16 in.)
Classification
Sculpture
Credit Line
Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
Related Artworks
The Cleveland Apollo: Apollo Sauroktonos (Lizard-Slayer) or Apollo the Python-Slayer
Praxiteles
The Cleveland Apollo: Apollo Sauroktonos (Lizard-Slayer) or Apollo the Python-Slayer
Praxiteles
Detached Creature from the Cleveland Apollo: Apollo Sauroktonos (Lizard-Slayer) or Apollo the Python-Slayer
Praxiteles
Charity
Mino da Fiesole