Apollo Sauroktonos

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ArtistUnknown
TitleApollo Sauroktonos
Alternative TitleApollo lizard-slayer
DescriptionCast from an original: Apollo Sauroktonos, 350 BC, Praxiteles, fl. 380/70-330/25 BC, Roman copy of a Greek bronze. There are two versions in Beazley (Vatican 750 and Albani 952. This cast is probably the Louvre version but check Praxiteles mongraphs and Louvre cat. (photo in file). The right forearm and the lizard's head missing, cast may pre-date a restoration.
Materialcasting plaster/plaster/coating (material)/materials (substances)
CollectionArt Collection; Cast Collection; Edinburgh College of Art
Accession NumberEU1461
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