Praxiteles
Apollo the Python-Slayer, c. 350 BC
Although Praxiteles was more successful, and therefore more famous for his marble sculptures, he …
Read moreAlthough Praxiteles was more successful, and therefore more famous for his marble sculptures, he nevertheless also created very beautiful works in bronze. He made a youthful Apollo called the Sauroktonos (Lizard-Slayer), waiting in ambush for a creeping lizard, close at hand, with an arrow. -Pliny the Elder, 1st …
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One of the most important sculptors of ancient Greece, Praxiteles is best known for his marble …
Read moreOne of the most important sculptors of ancient Greece, Praxiteles is best known for his marble sculptures, although he also worked in bronze. He produced elegant representations of gods and mythological figures, as well as portrait sculptures, pioneering a new humanizing style that transformed the detached divinities …
Read moreAlthough Praxiteles was more successful, and therefore more famous for his marble sculptures, he …
Read moreAlthough Praxiteles was more successful, and therefore more famous for his marble sculptures, he nevertheless also created very beautiful works in bronze. He made a youthful Apollo called the Sauroktonos (Lizard-Slayer), waiting in ambush for a creeping lizard, close at hand, with an arrow. -Pliny the Elder, 1st …
Read moreOne of the most important sculptors of ancient Greece, Praxiteles is best known for his marble …
Read moreOne of the most important sculptors of ancient Greece, Praxiteles is best known for his marble sculptures, although he also worked in bronze. He produced elegant representations of gods and mythological figures, as well as portrait sculptures, pioneering a new humanizing style that transformed the detached divinities …
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![Guillaume Dupré, ‘Louis XIII as Dauphin between Henri IV as Mars and Marie as Pallas [reverse]’, 1603](https://d7hftxdivxxvm.cloudfront.net/?resize_to=fit&width=400&height=500&quality=80&src=https%3A%2F%2Fd32dm0rphc51dk.cloudfront.net%2F6t9Yqsbi5X0p3l2K12UJmQ%2Flarge.jpg "Louis XIII as Dauphin between Henri IV as Mars and Marie as Pallas [reverse]")
