Olympia Hermes with Infant Dionysos (Sculpture)
Hermes holding the infant Dionysos in his left arm
- ID:
- aa_2345
- Type:
- Sculpture
- Date:
- ca. -100 — ca. 100
- Period:
- Graeco-Roman
- Context:
- From Olympia
- Findspot:
- Excavated at Olympia
- Region:
- Elis
- Sculptor:
- Literary attestation to Praxiteles
- Condition:
- Nearly complete
- Scale:
- Life-size
- Dimensions:
-
H 2.15 m
- Style:
- Late Classical
- Material:
- Marble
- Type:
- Free-standing statue
- Category:
- Original/copies
Date Description
The date of the Hermes is extremely controversial and as yet undetermined. Most scholars now believe it is a work of the Hellenistic period rather than of the 4th century.
Condition Description
Hermes lacks the lower legs (the right foot is original), the right forearm including the elbow and various small pieces. Dionysos' left shoulder/upper arm and parts of the torso are also restored.
- Collection:
- Olympia Archaeological Museum
Excavated by the Germans at Olympia in 1877.
