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Head of Hermes (fragment)

Classification
sculpture / statue; statue
Culture
Greek (culture)
Dimensions
height: 36 cm
Date
first third of the 2nd century B.C. (?)
Period
Hellenistic Period (Greek, 323–31)
Material
marble analysis; Pentelic marble
Iconography
Hermes; petasos
Present location
Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities
Provenance
Arndt, Paul (1865–1937)
Inventory
4729
ID
Hyp-1258
References
Hekler 1929, 45, no. 35; LIMC V (1990), 368, s.v. Hermes 953c

Marble analyses conducted by Danielle Decrouez (Geneva, Museum of Natural History) and Karl Ramseyer (University of Bern, Institute of Geological Sciences) have shown that the statue was made of Pentelic marble. Click here for the detailed results.

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