Praxiteles
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Gender | Male |
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Born | Athens |
Greece | |
On view | The Cleveland Museum of Art |
Louvre Museum | |
Parents | Cephisodotus the Elder |
Children | Cephisodotus the Younger |
Timarchus | |
Job | Sculptor |
Works | Aphrodite of Knidos |
Apollo Sauroctonos | |
Resting Satyr | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 488765 |
Praxiteles Life story
Praxiteles of Athens, the son of Cephisodotus the Elder, was the most renowned of the Attica sculptors of the 4th century BC. He was the first to sculpt the nude female form in a life-size statue.