Bust of Hermes from the 'Hermes with the young Dionysos' by Praxiteles
after Praxiteles
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Marble
Measurements
63.5 cm (H)102.5 cm (H)
Order this imageCollection
Clandon Park, Surrey
NT 1441583
Summary
[Salvaged] (a) Marble bust of Hermes from the 'Hermes with the young Dionysos' by Praxiteles (copy of original discovered at Olympia 1877) on (b) rosso antiquo marble pedestal, circular with moulded base.
Provenance
Marked in Lady Iveagh’s 1966 Inventory, p47; Purchased in 1991 with the aid of a grant from the V&A Museum Purchase Grant Fund
Makers and roles
after Praxiteles, sculptor