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Title: Bronze statuette of Hermes. Period: Late Hellenistic or Early Imperial. Date: 1st century BCE–1st century CE. Culture: Greek or Roman. Medium: Bronze. Dimensions: H. 11 7/16 in. (29.1 cm) Classification: Bronzes. Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1971. Accession Number: 1971.11.11
Title: Bronze statuette of Hermes. Period: Archaic. Date: 6th century BCE. Culture: Greek, Arcadian. Medium: Bronze. Dimensions: H. 3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm) Classification: Bronzes. Credit Line: Bequest of Walter C. Baker, 1971. Accession Number: 1972.118.67
7 wrz 2023 · A beautiful cast-bronze figurine of the god Mercury (Greek Hermes), the messenger of the gods. He wears his distinctive winged petalus as he stands, See Sold Price
An exceptionally fine bronze statuette of Hermes was acquired by the Metropolitan Museum in 1971 (figs. 1-5).1 This Hermes is re markable for a number of reasons: the delicate treatment of the surface, the unusual stance re quiring a three-quarter view, .and the expressive face. Bronze statuettes of this general type are
Fragmentarily preserved statue of Hermes, the head, right arm and legs of which are missing. The god sits on a rock clad in a chlamys that covers the left part of his body. In his right hand he would have held a tortoise.
A group of bronze Hermes statuettes can be seen to be dependent on male figure types generally accepted to have been created by Polykleitos, corresponding in stance and sometimes body structure, if not in gesture.
Bronze herm. Roman. 1st–2nd century CE. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 156. Hermes was the guardian of boundaries, as well as the protector of travelers.
