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Children and animals are common subjects in Hellenistic art and this scene of a boy holding or killing a hare likely derives from specific prototypes known now only from literary sources. This small statuette is finely executed in bronze with evidence of its original gilding on the neck, face, and hair of the boy.
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Title: Bronze statuette of a kneeling boy holding a hare
Period: Hellenistic
Date: ca. 3rd–2nd century BCE
Culture: Greek
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: H. 4.5 cm x W. 5 cm
Classification: Bronzes
Credit Line: Bequest of Nanette B. Kelekian, 2020
Object Number: 2021.40.55
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