Apollo Victorious over Python
This statue represents the ancient sun-god Apollo's first triumph, when, at Delphi, he slew with his bow and arrows the serpent Python, which lies dead at his feet. Apollo embodied the ideals of male beauty and heroism. A work of this size was certainly intended for a prominen...
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Sculpture
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7866
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sculpture
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normalized
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| provenance |
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Averardo Salviati, Palazzo Salviati, Florence, ca. 1591, by commission; Raoul Heilbronner [with difficulty from Italy], Paris; Henry Walters, Baltimore; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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CC0
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en
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8
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| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_27.302_Fnt_TR_T05IV.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_27.302_Fnt_TR_T05IV.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_27.302_Fnt_TR_T05IV.jpg |
| imageCount | 8 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/27.302 |
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marble
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