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

Cleveland Museum of Art

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

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Date
c. 350–200 BCE, or possibly later
Medium
bronze
Culture
Greece, Athens
Department
Greek and Roman Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
540402

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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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Credit line
Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
Provenance
Ernst-Ulrich Walter, Germany | 2004: [Phoenix Ancient Art, 2004] | 2004-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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