Bronze subject from the Grand Tour depicting “Hermes seated,” 19th century
Bronze subject from the Grand Tour depicting “Hermes seated,” 19th century
Bronze subject from the Grand Tour depicting “Hermes seated,” 19th century
Bronze subject from the Grand Tour depicting “Hermes seated,” 19th century
Bronze subject from the Grand Tour depicting “Hermes seated,” 19th century
Bronze subject from the Grand Tour depicting “Hermes seated,” 19th century
Bronze subject from the Grand Tour depicting “Hermes seated,” 19th century
Bronze subject from the Grand Tour depicting “Hermes seated,” 19th century
Bronze subject from the Grand Tour depicting “Hermes seated,” 19th century
Bronze subject from the Grand Tour depicting “Hermes seated,” 19th century
Bronze subject from the Grand Tour depicting “Hermes seated,” 19th century
Bronze subject from the Grand Tour depicting “Hermes seated,” 19th century
Bronze subject from the Grand Tour depicting “Hermes seated,” 19th century
Bronze subject from the Grand Tour depicting “Hermes seated,” 19th century
Bronze subject from the Grand Tour depicting “Hermes seated,” 19th century
Bronze subject from the Grand Tour depicting “Hermes seated,” 19th century
Bronze subject from the Grand Tour depicting “Hermes seated,” 19th century
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Bronze subject from the Grand Tour depicting “Hermes seated,” 19th century

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19th century
Rome and ancient Greece
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    Bronze figure with brown patina depicting “Hermes seated,” also known as “Hermes at rest.” 

    God of travelers and merchants, messenger of the gods, and personification of ingenuity and cunning intelligence, he is depicted here as a youth, seated on a rock with his winged sandals as his only recognizable attribute. 

    A souvenir of the Grand Tour based on the antique, of fine quality, well-proportioned and very well carved. 

    Italy, 19th century. 

    Height: 8 inches. Length: 7.5 inches. Width: 4.2 inches. 

    (Wear and minor restoration to one toe). 


    A particularly popular subject since the discovery of the ancient original during excavations of the Villa of the Papyri in Herculaneum in 1758, the seated Hermes has been reproduced since the 18th century for wealthy aristocrats visiting the ruins of the cities buried by Vesuvius in 79 AD. Now preserved in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples, the ancient bronze was considered by Winckelmann to be “the most beautiful of all the statues found” at the time. It is now accepted that the resting Hermes of Herculaneum is a Roman copy of a lost Greek original by the sculptor Lysippos or his school in the 4th century BC.

    Ref: X30SX4X2GW

    Condition Good
    Style Rome and ancient Greece (Bronze sculptures of Rome and ancient Greece Style)
    Period 19th century (Bronze sculptures 19th century)
    Country of origin Italy
    Length (cm) 19
    Width (cm) 10.5
    Height (cm) 20
    Materials Bronze
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    Location 75008, Paris, France
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