Hermes leans against a tree trunk draped with his cloak, holding the infant god Dionysus on his left arm. The group was found in 1877 in the ruins of the Temple of Hera at Olympia, where the traveller Pausanias had seen a Hermes by Praxiteles. Whether this is that original or a later work is still fiercely debated.
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Hermes' face and chest are polished to a soft glow, while his back still shows rasp and chisel marks. His surviving sandal kept traces of red cinnabar and gilding.
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