Cleveland Museum of Art
Baseplate for the Cleveland Apollo: Apollo Sauroktonos (Lizard-Slayer) or Apollo the Python-Slayer
Praxiteles
- Date
- c. 350–200 BCE, or possibly later
- Medium
- bronze
- Culture
- Greece, Athens
- Department
- Greek and Roman Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
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. Most large-scale ancient bronze sculptures stood on bases made of stone rather than bronze.
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