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Hermes with the Infant Dionysus

ArtistPraxiteles
Artist Info. ca. 400 - ca. 330 BC
ViewFull length from front center
Dateca. 350-330 BC
SubjectSculpture
PeriodGreek Classical Period
Materialmarble
CollectionGreece, Olympia, Museum
Saskia No.Jgc-0507
SourceGardner, Art Through the Ages, 11th ed., chapter 5, plate 62
 Gombrich, The Story of Art, 16th ed., plate 62
 Hartt, Art: A History of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, 4th ed., chapter 7, plate 81
 Janson, History of Art, 6th ed., chapter 5, plate 68
 Lois Fichner-Rathus, Understanding Art, 6th ed., chapter 13, plate 13
 Stokstad, Marilyn, Art History, 2nd ed., chapter 5, plate 60