Vintage Hermes Fastening his Sandal cabinet Sculpture, after Antiquity

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• Lot Description
  Bonded marble composite cabinet sculpture, marked "uniquely hand-made" on the outer box, The Triumph of Humanity Collection, Veronese Design, after a lost Greek bronze original in the manner of Lysippos, dating to the 4th century BCE. Offered in original nesting styrofoam packaging and outer box, overall 11" x 7-1/8" x 4-7/8". The identification with Hermes is based on an identification of the original bronze model as a sculpture of Hermes in the gymnasium and thermae of Zeuxippos in Constantinople, which was described in detail by Christodoros of Koptos in his ekphrasis of the gymnasium as it still remained in Late Antiquity: There was Hermes, of the golden wand. He stood and fastened up the thongs of his winged sandal with his right hand, yearning to rush forth upon his course. His swift right leg was bent at the knee, and on it he rested his left hand, and meanwhile he was turning his face up to heaven, as if he were hearing the commands of his king and father."

  Condition

  Very good.