# Baseplate for the Cleveland Apollo: Apollo Sauroktonos (Lizard-Slayer) or Apollo the Python-Slayer

- By: Praxiteles (Greek, Athenian, c. 400–330 BCE)
- By: Follower
- Date: c. 350–200 BCE, or possibly later
- Medium: bronze
- Classification: Sculpture
- Dimensions: Base: 0.5 x 45.8 x 40.3 cm (3/16 x 18 1/16 x 15 7/8 in.)
- Culture: Greece, Athens
- Credit line: Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/2004.30.d)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2004.30.d/2004.30.d_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The baseplate is nearly square in shape, but two edges are noticeably concave. A modern hole facilitates mounting (with a modern rod in the right leg), and marks show the placement of both feet, once attached with lead solder. A nearly circular lead solder mark located at the front left corner likely corresponds to the placement of a small tree, now lost.