Title

Sculpure of Apollo Sauroctone (Apollo the lizard-slayer). Artist: Praxiteles

Caption

Sculture of Apollo Sauroctone (Apollo the lizard-slayer): a marble replica after a bronze original made by the famous sculptor Praxiteles. The statue is a joke, referring to Apollo's victory over the Python.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/CM Dixon

Reference

HRM19B75_148

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,1Mb (3,1Mb) / 10,3in x 18,9in / 3085 x 5681 (300dpi)

Keywords

animal standing people male man men religious arts religion leaning naked statue sculpture art guy color colour lizard tree stump marble Apollo deity God replica century joke artefact artifact goddess CM Dixon 4th century BC object marble Dixon CM Keystone Archives CM Dixon Mike Dixon Apollo Sauroctone Praxiteles Praxiteles II CM Dixon marble object