Hermes and Dionysos

• Dionysos and the baby Hermes.

• Holding out bunch of grapes to entertain baby.

• Praxitelean original or Hellenistic copy?

• 2.15 meters in height

• S-curve of Praxiteles.

• Strut, tree trunk, baby, sandals are Hellenistic.

• Ultra-realism of cloth.

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