Herma_Demosthenes_Glyptothek_Munich_292.jpg

Summary

Artist
Unknown (original by Polyeuktos)
Description
Herma of Demosthenes. Copy of an honour posthume statue of the statesman on the market place of Athens; work by Polyeuktos (ca. 280 BC).
Date circa 1520 AD
date QS:P571,+1520-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
circa 280 BC
Medium sculpture sculpture
Dimensions height: 189 cm (74.4 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,189U174728
institution QS:P195,Q162077
Current location
Room 10 ( Saal des Alexander )
Accession number
Inv. 292
Credit line
English: Found in 1825 in Circus of Maxentius
Español: Encontrada en 1825 en el Circo de Majencio
Source/Photographer Own work / User:Bibi Saint-Pol . Photo taken in 2007-02-08
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Captions

Herma of Demosthenes from the Athenian Agora. Copy of an honour posthume statue of the statesman on the market place of Athens; work by Polyeuktos, c. 280 BC, Glyptothek, Munich, Germany

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

Demosthenes

herma