The Cleveland Apollo: Apollo Sauroktonos (Lizard-Slayer) or Apollo the Python-Slayer

Praxiteles

Cleveland Museum of Art

The bronze sculpture depicts a nude male figure of a youth with a slender build and curly hair. The patina is dark green with spots of red and brown. The figure stands with their weight shifted onto the right leg, with the left leg slightly bent and the right arm missing. The left arm is also missing, with part of the shoulder remaining. The head is tilted downward and to the left, with the mouth slightly open. The sculpture is shown from the side, with the left side visible.