Bronze statuette of a kneeling boy holding a hare ca. 3rd-2nd century B.C. Greek 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.. Bronze statuette of a kneeling boy holding a hare. Greek. ca. 3rd-2nd century B.C.. Bronze. Hellenistic. Bronzes