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Baseplate for the Cleveland Apollo: Apollo Sauroktonos (Lizard-Slayer) or Apollo the Python-Slayer

c. 350–200 BCE, or possibly later

possibly by Praxiteles

(Greek, Athenian, c. 400–330 BCE)
Greece, Athens
bronze
Base: 0.5 x 45.8 x 40.3 cm (3/16 x 18 1/16 x 15 7/8 in.)
Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2004.30.d
Location: not on view
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Most large-scale ancient bronze sculptures stood on bases made of stone rather than bronze.

Description

The baseplate is nearly square in shape, but two edges are noticeably concave. A modern hole facilitates mounting (with a modern rod in the right leg), and marks show the placement of both feet, once attached with lead solder. A nearly circular lead solder mark located at the front left corner likely corresponds to the placement of a small tree, now lost.
Baseplate for the Cleveland Apollo: Apollo Sauroktonos (Lizard-Slayer) or Apollo the Python-Slayer

Baseplate for the Cleveland Apollo: Apollo Sauroktonos (Lizard-Slayer) or Apollo the Python-Slayer

c. 350–200 BCE, or possibly later

Praxiteles, Follower

(Greek, Athenian, c. 400–330 BCE)
Greece, Athens

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