Apollo and the Python

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Apollo is shown holding his bow, striding past the Python's dead body in the lake below him, which lays in the water with several of Apollo's arrows sticking out of its hide. Apollo is looking up into the sky as he walks, making eye contact with a flying baby Cupid, who's soaring towards him with his bow poised, ready to shoot Apollo.

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Modeling an oil sketch created by Peter Paul Rubens, Cornelis de Vos's "Apollo and the Python" 1636-1639 painting presents a scene from the "Metamorphoses" by Ovid. Apollo, god of archery, faces a fresh victory after defeating the Python. Overcome by his triumph, he comes across Cupid and mocks the small god. Out of anger, Cupid shoots Apollo with one of his golden arrows, and another at the nymph, Daphne.

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    Cornelis de Vos
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    Museo Nacional del Prado