Baseplate for the Cleveland Apollo: Apollo Sauroktonos (Lizard-Slayer) or Apollo the Python-Slayer
Praxiteles (Greek, Athenian, c. 400–330 BCE)
c. 350–200 BCE, or possibly later
Medium
bronze
Dimensions
0.5 × 45.8 × 40.3 cm
Classification
Sculpture
Department
Greek and Roman Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
Accession Number
2004.30.d
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
male
About this artwork
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.