Marble head of Apollo with fragment of his hand

A carved marble head of a youthful figure with short, tightly curled locks and a calm, idealized face, its neck cut off at the base. Above the hair rises a separate fragment, apparently a hand or part of one, shown with fingers curling. The surface shows warm stains and soft, weathered polish against a dark gray backdrop.

Look closer: A separate carved fragment, likely part of a hand, rises from the top of the head.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1st or 2nd century CE

Medium

Marble

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

1609 × 2000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Louise Crane, in memory of her mother, Mrs. W. Murray Crane, 1980