S11.8 HERMES "HERMES FARNESE"

Museum Collection: British Museum, London, UK
Catalogue Number: London BM 1219 (or GR 1864,10-21.1)
Title: "Farnese Hermes"
Class: Free-standing statue 
Material: Marble
Height: 2.01 metres
Context: --
Original / Copy: Roman copy of Greek statue of school of Praxiteles ca 325 BC
Style: Late Classical
Date:  C1st AD
Period: Imperial Roman

SUMMARY

Hermes with winged feet, fragment of caduceus (herald's staff), and robe draped across his arm and shoulders.

ARTICLES

Hermes