Hermes with the Infant Dionysus
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2004-09-22
Name/Title
Hermes with the Infant DionysusEntry/Object ID
75G1010Description
A nude male figure with his legs missing below the knees and right arm missing below the elbow. On his left arm he carries a small child. A draped support is positioned on his left side.Type of Sculpture
StatueArtwork Details
Medium
Plaster, MarbleContext
The sculpture contains the figure of Hermes, the Greek messenger to the gods, holding an infant Dionysus, the Greek god of wine and theatre. It is a work of the highly regarded Greek sculptor Praxiteles. However marks on the back indicate that the sculpture had not been finished, suggesting that the statue the cast was made from was not the original as it would have been finished to decorate the temple of Hera at Olympia.Collection
Classical GreeceMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
PraxitelesRole
SculptorDate made
343 BCETime Period
ClassicalPlace
Country
GreeceEthnography
Culture/Tribe
Greek