[unknown sculptor] after Praxiteles (Greek, 400-330 B.C.) [NM] : Bust of Hermes holding infant Dionysus, 1866.

SAL record control number: 87532 ;

Record level: Item ;

Record type: Movable work ;

 

Work title: Bust of Hermes holding infant Dionysus  [from curator] ;

Alternate work titles:
2021 : Bust of Hermes holding infant Dionysus  [from curator] ;
2021 : Copy after ancient bust [from collection database] ;

Work date: 1866  [from sculpture] ;

Work creator: [unknown sculptor] after Praxiteles (Greek, 400-330 B.C.) ;

Work medium: Plaster ;
Work dimensions: 30-1/2 x 23 x 14 inches ;

Inscribed / signed front:
Location: Carved under shoulders.
Dated?: Yes.
Text: ‘1866’.

Verso: [none] ;

SAL category: Sculpture ;
SAL sub-category: Bust ;

Archives of American Art subjects:

Description of work:

Provenance:
after 1866 SCNY, gift of [unknown], accession #2007.961.
1866 [unknown sculptor] after Praxiteles (Greek, 400-330 B.C.), the artist .

Exhibition history:

References / citations:
– Collection database, accession #2007.961.

Notes:
CONDITION: Cracked/broken all the way through to the base in the back, but glued back together.

 

Document information

Document permalink:
http://salmagundi.org/artwork/?p=87532

Digital-born document number:
SAL.2021.87532

Record birth date:
April 10, 2021

Last updated: August 23, 2021 at 18:24 pm