Hermes
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
1877 - 1900
Materials
Plaster, Wood
Measurements
132 x 143 x 90 mm; 91 mm (Diameter)
Order this imageCollection
Uppark House and Garden, West Sussex
NT 138376
Summary
Plaster, Hermes, late 19th century. A plaster cast bust reduction of Hermes from the group 'Hermes with the Infant Dionysus', also known as the 'Hermes of Praxiteles', the ancient Greek original group discovered in 1877 at the ruins of the Temple of Hera, Olympia, Greece, and now displayed at the Archaeological Museum of Olympia.
Marks and inscriptions
LADY MCGLYN (?) (inscribed on base)