Marble female herm
Herms are rectangular stone shafts terminating in a head. They originated as markers surmounted with an image of the god Hermes, but by the Roman period they were no longer restricted in subject. Private villas were filled with herms showing the heads of satyrs, maenads, young athletes, or philosopher portraits. This decorative female herm would have made an appropriate garden decoration.
Artwork Details
- Title: Marble female herm
- Period: Early Imperial
- Date: 1st century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Marble
- Dimensions: H. 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm)
- Classification: Stone Sculpture
- Credit Line: Gift of Francis Neilson, 1942
- Object Number: 42.201.13
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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