Statue of Hermes
Statue of Hermes
Published 2018-02-23T17:00:46+00:00
Statue of Hermes made of Pentelic marble and found at Aigion, Peloponnese.
The god is depicted standing, wearing a chlamys that is wound around his left arm. In his right hand, he holds a purse and in his left the caduceus.
Work of the Augustan period (27 BC-AD 14, probably funerary, inspired by Lysippean originals of the 4th c. BC.
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Date published | 23/02/2018 |
Title | Statue of Hermes |
Date | 27 BC-AD 14 |
Accession | 241 |
Period | Augustan period |
Medium | Pentelic marble |
Credit | National Archaeological Museum of Athens |
Record | http://www.namuseum.gr/wellcome-en.html |
Place | National Archaeological Museum of Athens |