- Hermes and the Infant Dionysos. Also called the Hermes of Olympia or the Hermes of Praxiteles. Scholarship is divided over whether this is a Greek original by...
- The statue represents the god Hermes standing in a relaxed pose, holding the infant Dionysus on his arm, and playing with him.
- Hermes & the Infant Dionysus is often attributed to Praxiteles, who was a famous sculptor who worked during the 4th century B.C...
- Dionysus is missing his left arm and right leg. statue of Hermes with the infant Dionysus.
- He is nude, his mantle hangs on the tree trunk beside him. In his left arm, which leans against the tree trunk, sits the infant Dionysos.
- It demonstrates Hermes holding the infant Dionysus in his left hand, with that he is leaning onto a tree branch that is wrapped in his cloak.
- So we get an overview on the various aspects, which may have influenced Praxiteles to construct the sculpture of ‘Hermes and the infant Dionysos’.
- While the proportions of the infant Dionysus are not quite lifelike, the inclusion of babies/children in Late Classical sculpture is significant of social changes...
- The statue of Hermes and the Infant Dionysus located in the Archaeological Museum of Olympia. Photo credit: Paolo Villa/CC-BY-SA-4.0.
- Hermes and the infant Dionysus, from the temple of Hera, Olympia, Greece. 330-270bce Marble 7’1 high. Dionysus god of wine is the son of Zeus and Semele.