#walker art gallery
Athlete Wrestling with a Python (first cast in 1877) by Frederic Leighton (English, 1830-1896). Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool (UK).
Very influential piece at the time. Likely inspired by Apollo slaying the Python of Delphi. The Python was one of the most fearsome creatures in Greek mythology, a serpent who lived in the centre of the earth near Delphi.
Today’s Flickr photo with the most hits: this Lucian Freud canvas at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool.
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