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Mercury
(Roman Empire )
Standing with the weight on the left leg and the right foot to the rear, holding a purse in the outstretched right hand. The left, which is close to the body, held a caduceus. Drapery, probably a chlamys, is thrown over the left shoulder falling to back and front, covering the left arm, and forming a loop held by a brooch on the shoulder. The body is of Polykleitan pose and style. The parts of the abdomen are divided by grooves. There are wings on the head, but none on the feet.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Guilhou Sale, 1905, no. 302 [said to be from Boscoreale, Matrone excavations]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1905, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Conservation
Date | Description | Narrative |
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6/7/1957 | Treatment | cleaned |
Measurements
H: 5 11/16 in. (14.5 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1905
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
54.988