Marble Relief with Hermes in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 2017

Marble relief with Hermes

Period:Augustan or Julio-Claudian

Date:27 B.C.–A.D. 68

Culture:Roman

Medium:Marble

Dimensions:Overall: 26 3/4 x 23 1/2in. (67.9 x 59.7cm)

Classification:Stone Sculpture

Credit Line:Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1991

Accession Number:1991.11.8

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.

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