Winged Chimera (Bixie)
A green patinated bronze figure of a crouching mythical beast with a crested, open-jawed head, flared wing-like ears, and curled tail. Its short legs end in pins set into a stand, and the surface shows verdigris.
Look closer: Short mounting pins extend from the feet, showing the sculpture was fixed to a stand.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 400s CE
- Medium
- bronze
- Source
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Size
- 3400 × 3092 px
Public domain · The Cleveland Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 499).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund; Bequests of Leonard C. Hanna Jr. and John L. Severance; Gifts of Francis F. Prentiss and the Worcester R. Warner Collection by exchange