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| Keywords: Roman - Mercury - Walters 54992.jpg The body is of Polykleitan pose and style but with the head turned to the left The weight is on the right leg The right arm is at the side and once held a caduceus part of which still remains pressed against the forearm The left arm is held a short distance from the body with the wrist bent The left hand is now shapeless and no attribute is recognizable The chlamys forms a loop before the left shoulder and winds about the left arm There is a brooch on the shoulder The hair is bound by a band to which two wings are attached Part of a plaque which was cast with the statuette still remains about the feet 100 BC-AD 400 hollow cast bronze H cm 31 5 accession number 54 992 14534 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 place of origin Roman Empire Walters Art Museum license Ancient Roman sculptures in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
