Prassitele, Ermes e Dioniso
CODICI / CLASSIFICAZIONE
OGGETTO
AUTORE
Datazione
sec. IV a.C., terzo quarto
350 a.C. ca. - 330 a.C. ca.
LOCALIZZAZIONI
Museo Archeologico , Olimpia (Grecia)
BIBLIOGRAFIA
Wolters P./ Friederichs K., Die gipsabgüsse antiker bildwerke in historischer folge erkla¨rt. Bausteine zur geschichte der griechisch-romischen plastik, 1885, pp. 411-415
ANNOTAZIONI
Foto sup 2341, verso del supporto secondario: nota anonima manoscritta: "The Hermes with his legs on. / Oliver Rayet +, following Pliny, makes Kephisodotos the sculptor of / the Hermes, and so does Eugenie Sellers".
Foto sup 2479, verso del supporto secondario: nota anonima manoscritta: "Olympia. Hermes his head. The German offered to give a million of drachmas for this fine statue, and this was noble, but the poor impecunions Greeks refused to sell their Hermes, the very God of their race, and this was nobler still. The statue was not particularly admired in antiquity; Praxiteles produced much better things".
Foto sup 2581, verso del supporto secondario: nota anonima manoscritta: "Olympia. The Hermes of Praxiteles. They have lately (1889) put legs on him. He was discovered on the 8.th of May 1877. I saw him in 1887 and 1893. Fr. + Wolt. N° 1212".
Foto sup 2479, verso del supporto secondario: nota anonima manoscritta: "Olympia. Hermes his head. The German offered to give a million of drachmas for this fine statue, and this was noble, but the poor impecunions Greeks refused to sell their Hermes, the very God of their race, and this was nobler still. The statue was not particularly admired in antiquity; Praxiteles produced much better things".
Foto sup 2581, verso del supporto secondario: nota anonima manoscritta: "Olympia. The Hermes of Praxiteles. They have lately (1889) put legs on him. He was discovered on the 8.th of May 1877. I saw him in 1887 and 1893. Fr. + Wolt. N° 1212".
