Marble relief with Hermes
Unknown Artist
The messenger god Hermes is represented in the so-called archaistic style, a retrospective manner that incorporated characteristics of Archaic Greek art of the sixth century B.C. into newly created figures and compositions. This is the most important archaistic relief in the collection.
Credit: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1991
27 B.C.–A.D. 68
Marble
67.9 x 59.7 cm
1991.11.8
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2018
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Permanent collection
