Apoksiomen Mali Lošinj

CROATIAN APOXYOMENOS (2-1 century BC)

The old bronze statue of an athlete, 192 cm long, the seabed between the island and many Orjule Lošinj island on 27 April 1999, is the only large bronze found so far on the east coast the Adriatic Sea. It is supposed to be deposited in the sea in the early 1st century, when he was thrown overboard during bad weather, because the danger that the ship is inclined, or as offerings to gods to ensure security throughout the chain OSOR prosperity of the port of destination in the North Adriatic Sea.

The statue is an athlete, a young athlete during the cleaning of oil, dust and the sweat of your body with a scraping tool, after a game. During the restoration, which lasted 7 years, an analysis of the material and style of the workforce, the statue dates from the 2nd to 1st century BC and the prototype was made much earlier, from middle of the Century 4 Christ

Of the eight known variants of the prototype Apoxyomenos (the most famous is the bronze statue of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna in 1896, discovered at Ephesus), the statue Lošinj is the most perfect and best preserved. The statue’s sculptor is unknown, but the classic beauty and quality of finish of a craftsman consumed witnesses.

Restoration work at the museum where Lošinj Apoxyomenos from 2010 is displayed to the public, is being implemented.