Statue (reproduction)

Museum number:
21-93
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
8-5093 (previous museum number (recataloged from))
Accession number:
Acc.158 and Acc.193
Description:
Cast of Mercury seated (Greek: Hermes), a statue of the school (it may be) of hysippos of Sikyon flourished in the reign of Alexander. From a bronze discovered in the Villa dei Papiri (Villa of the Pisones), Herculaneum. Museo Nazionale, Naples. Herculaneum. The rock is a marble restoration. The eyes were missing, and are restored, as in nearly all the Herculanean statues. Our cast doesnot reproduce the characteristic black color of the Herculanean statues.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson
Collection place:
Louvre Museum, Paris, France
Verbatim coll. place:
Cast Works of the Louvre Museum, Paris
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection date:
ca. 1904
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Statues
Accession date:
1904 and 1905
Department:
Casts and molds
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Statue (reproduction), accession number 21-93, described as Cast of Mercury seated (Greek: Hermes), a statue of the school (it may be) of hysippos of Sikyon flourished in the reign of Alexander. From a bronze discovered in the Villa dei Papiri (Villa of the Pisones), Herculaneum. Museo Nazionale, Naples. Herculaneum. The rock is a marble restoration. The eyes were missing, and are restored, as in nearly all the Herculanean statues. Our cast doesnot reproduce the characteristic black color of the Herculanean statues.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Statue (reproduction), accession number 21-93, described as Cast of Mercury seated (Greek: Hermes), a statue of the school (it may be) of hysippos of Sikyon flourished in the reign of Alexander. From a bronze discovered in the Villa dei Papiri (Villa of the Pisones), Herculaneum. Museo Nazionale, Naples. Herculaneum. The rock is a marble restoration. The eyes were missing, and are restored, as in nearly all the Herculanean statues. Our cast doesnot reproduce the characteristic black color of the Herculanean statues.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Statue (reproduction), accession number 21-93, described as Cast of Mercury seated (Greek: Hermes), a statue of the school (it may be) of hysippos of Sikyon flourished in the reign of Alexander. From a bronze discovered in the Villa dei Papiri (Villa of the Pisones), Herculaneum. Museo Nazionale, Naples. Herculaneum. The rock is a marble restoration. The eyes were missing, and are restored, as in nearly all the Herculanean statues. Our cast doesnot reproduce the characteristic black color of the Herculanean statues.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Statue (reproduction), accession number 21-93, described as Cast of Mercury seated (Greek: Hermes), a statue of the school (it may be) of hysippos of Sikyon flourished in the reign of Alexander. From a bronze discovered in the Villa dei Papiri (Villa of the Pisones), Herculaneum. Museo Nazionale, Naples. Herculaneum. The rock is a marble restoration. The eyes were missing, and are restored, as in nearly all the Herculanean statues. Our cast doesnot reproduce the characteristic black color of the Herculanean statues.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Statue (reproduction), accession number 21-93, described as Cast of Mercury seated (Greek: Hermes), a statue of the school (it may be) of hysippos of Sikyon flourished in the reign of Alexander. From a bronze discovered in the Villa dei Papiri (Villa of the Pisones), Herculaneum. Museo Nazionale, Naples. Herculaneum. The rock is a marble restoration. The eyes were missing, and are restored, as in nearly all the Herculanean statues. Our cast doesnot reproduce the characteristic black color of the Herculanean statues.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Statue (reproduction), accession number 21-93, described as Cast of Mercury seated (Greek: Hermes), a statue of the school (it may be) of hysippos of Sikyon flourished in the reign of Alexander. From a bronze discovered in the Villa dei Papiri (Villa of the Pisones), Herculaneum. Museo Nazionale, Naples. Herculaneum. The rock is a marble restoration. The eyes were missing, and are restored, as in nearly all the Herculanean statues. Our cast doesnot reproduce the characteristic black color of the Herculanean statues.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Statue (reproduction), accession number 21-93, described as Cast of Mercury seated (Greek: Hermes), a statue of the school (it may be) of hysippos of Sikyon flourished in the reign of Alexander. From a bronze discovered in the Villa dei Papiri (Villa of the Pisones), Herculaneum. Museo Nazionale, Naples. Herculaneum. The rock is a marble restoration. The eyes were missing, and are restored, as in nearly all the Herculanean statues. Our cast doesnot reproduce the characteristic black color of the Herculanean statues.

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