Apollo the Python-Slayer
c. 350 BC
Praxiteles
Praxiteles (Greek, c. 400BC-c. 330BC)
Greek and Roman Art
Apollo the Python-Slayer, c. 350 BC. Attributed to Praxiteles (Greek, c. 400BC-c. 330BC). Bronze, copper and stone inlay; overall: 150 x 50.3 x 66.8 cm (59 1/16 x 19 13/16 x 26 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2004.30.a This bronze sculpture of Apollo formerly known as "Sauroktonos," or lizard-slayer, is attributed to the renowned Greek sculptor Praxiteles. The survival of an original bronze sculpture attributed to a known artist in ancient Greece is extraordinarily rare. This sculptor is otherwise known only from Roman marble copies of his works. Apollo, son of Zeus and Leto, is depicted as an adolescent rather than a mature god.
- Maker/Artist
- Praxiteles
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- bronze, copper and stone inlay
- Dimensions
- Overall: 150 x 50.3 x 66.8 cm (59 1/16 x 19 13/16 x 26 5/16 in.)
- Departments
- Greek and Roman Art
- Accession Number
- 2004.30.a
- Credit Line
- Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
- Exhibitions
- Praxiteles: The Cleveland Apollo, The Cleveland Museum of Art (09/29/2013 - 01/05/2014); "Praxiteles: The Cleveland Apollo"
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 100 1916 Lobby
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