He showed a figure leaning on a tree trunk while resting his right forearm on his head in the Lycian Apollo, and he made another statue modeled from the famous courtesan Phryne.
The Aberdeen Head is considered to be a precursor to one of this artist's best known works. A legend claims that a stain on the thigh of one work came from a boy who tried to have sex with the statue because it was so lifelike. He showed a figure leaning on a tree trunk while resting his right forearm on his head in the Lycian Apollo, and he made another statue modeled from the famous courtesan Phryne. This sculptor depicted a boy preparing to strike a reptile climbing a tree in Apollo Sauroktonos and showed a woman modestly covering her genitals in Cnidian Aphrodite. His best-known work shows a god carrying a baby in his left arm. For 10 points, name this Attic sculptor who made Hermes and the Infant Dionysius.
The Aberdeen Head is considered to be a precursor to one of this artist's best known works.
Praxiteles