id:			163451
accession number:	2004.30.c
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2004.30.c
updated:		2024-03-26 02:41:16.476000

Detached Creature from the Cleveland Apollo: Apollo Sauroktonos (Lizard-Slayer) or Apollo the Python-Slayer, c. 350–200 BCE. Attributed to Praxiteles (Greek, Athenian, c. 400–330 BCE), or Follower. Bronze, copper and stone inlay; overall: 14.8 x 9.4 x 3.6 cm (5 13/16 x 3 11/16 x 1 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2004.30.c

title:				Detached Creature from the Cleveland Apollo: Apollo Sauroktonos (Lizard-Slayer) or Apollo the Python-Slayer
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creation date:			c. 350–200 BCE
creation date earliest:		-360
creation date latest:		-190
current location:		100 1916 Lobby
creditline:			Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
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culture:	Greece, Athens
technique:	bronze, copper and stone inlay
department:	Greek and Roman Art
collection:	GR - Greek
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

* Praxiteles (Greek, Athenian, c. 400–330 BCE)  - artist
c. 400/390-330/325 BC
* Follower  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 14.8 x 9.4 x 3.6 cm (5 13/16 x 3 11/16 x 1 7/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Praxiteles: The Cleveland Apollo
	opening date:   2013-09-29T00:00:00
	<i>Praxiteles: The Cleveland Apollo</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 29, 2013-January 5, 2014).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Ernst-Ulrich Walter, Germany
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	[Phoenix Ancient Art, 2004]
	date: 2004
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2004-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 83
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	Stephen Ongpin Fine Art, and Stephen Ongpin. Renaissance to Futurism: A Selection of Italian Drawings, 1500-1920. 2015, 6.
	page number: 	Mentioned in notes section, No. 2, Note 1 (unpagenated)
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	Neils, Jennifer. “Praxiteles to Caravaggio: The <em>Apollo Sauroktonos</em> Redefined.” <em>Art Bulletin </em>99, no. 4 (December 2017): 10-30.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 15, fig. 8
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IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2004.30.c/2004.30.c_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2004.30.c/2004.30.c_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2004.30.c/2004.30.c_full.tif