Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Apoxyomenos
Image View:
Overall view from the front
Creator:
after Lysippos (Ancient Greek sculptor, active ca. 370-ca. 300 BCE); unknown (Roman (ancient) sculptor)
Location:
repository: Musei Vaticani (Rome (Vatican City), Santa Sede (Holy See), Italy) Inv. 1185
Location Note:
Museo Pio-Clementino
GPS:
41.906389 12.454444
Date:
Greek original, 320-310 BCE (other); Roman copy, 41-54 CE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Ancient Greek; Roman (ancient)
Style Period:
Classical; Greco-Roman
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
Pentelic marble
Technique:
carving (processes)
Measurements:
2.05 m (height)
Subjects:
human figure; recreation and games; festivals; athletic games; athlete
Description:
Statue of Apoxyomenos (the one who cleanses) which represents a young athlete in the act of taking off, with a strigile, a layer of oil, which was spread abundantly on the skin before athletic games. Roman copy (Claudian period, 41-54 CE) from an original bronze of Lysippos of 320-310 BCE. The statue was discovered in 1849 in Trastevere. (Source: Vatican Museums (Musei Vaticani) [website]; http://www.museivati cani.va/)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A3-G-VM-APOX-A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Apoxyomenos