Detail of a Bronze Statuette of an Acrobat in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, October 2011

Bronze statuette of an acrobat

Period: Hellenistic

Date: 3rd–2nd century B.C.

Culture: Greek

Medium: Bronze

Dimensions: H.: 8 5/8 in. (21.9 cm)

Classification: Bronzes

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1952

Accession Number: 52.11.7

Description: The acrobat has a curvature of the spine and stunted legs, but his muscles are strongly developed and his pose is nimble and athletic. He is apparently in the midst of an act, as his two hands grip something that is now missing.

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