Hermes holding infant Dionysos. From Olympia, c340 BC. Hermes probably held grapes in his raised right hand, dangling them in front of the baby Dionysos. The statue was found in the temple of Hera, at Olympia, where Pausanias saw it in the 2nd century AD. He said it is a work of Praxiteles, famous Athenian sculptor of the 4th century BC
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3698 x 5672 px | 31.3 x 48 cm | 12.3 x 18.9 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
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Hermes holding infant Dionysos. From Olympia, c340 BC. Hermes probably held grapes in his raised right hand, dangling them in front of the baby Dionysos. The statue was found in the temple of Hera, at Olympia, where Pausanias saw it in the 2nd century AD. He said it is a work of Praxiteles, famous Athenian sculptor of the 4th century BC