| DATE | 1st or 2nd century AD |
| AUTHOR | Unknown |
| MEDIA | Marble |
| SIZE | H. 149 cm |
| LOCATION | France - Paris - Musée du Louvre |
| NOTES | Roman work dating from the Imperial era, based on an original dating from c. 340 BC. - The Apollo Sauroctonus was one of the finest works by the Athenian sculptor Praxiteles. While it is faithful to the classical tradition, the subject is innovative and the style bold. Apollo is depicted as an adolescent, about to catch a lizard climbing up a tree trunk. The group was regularly copied by Roman sculptors. It evokes the god's purifying virtues and is quietly reminiscent of his later struggle with the serpent Python. |
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