Plaster cast

Museum number:
21-43
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
8-5043 (previous museum number (recataloged from))
Accession number:
Acc.193
Object count:
1
Description:
Cast of a well kerb, probably from a temple precinct. Subject: Hermes (Latin: Mercury) carries the infant Dionysos to the nymphs of Mt. Hysa. Formatore opposite British School of Art in Rome, up street. Vatican Museum. Mercatali Brothers put the casts in their bill.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson
Collection place:
Mercatali Brothers workshop, Rome, Lazio
Verbatim coll. place:
Through Mercatali Bros., Rome
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection date:
ca. 1904
Person depicted:
Dionysus/Bacchus (Greek and Roman deity) and Hermes (Greek deity)
Object type:
archaeology
Accession date:
1905
Department:
Casts and molds
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Plaster cast, accession number 21-43, described as Cast of a well kerb, probably from a temple precinct. Subject: Hermes (Latin: Mercury) carries the infant Dionysos to the nymphs of Mt. Hysa. Formatore opposite British School of Art in Rome, up street. Vatican Museum. Mercatali Brothers put the casts in their bill.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Plaster cast, accession number 21-43, described as Cast of a well kerb, probably from a temple precinct. Subject: Hermes (Latin: Mercury) carries the infant Dionysos to the nymphs of Mt. Hysa. Formatore opposite British School of Art in Rome, up street. Vatican Museum. Mercatali Brothers put the casts in their bill.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Plaster cast, accession number 21-43, described as Cast of a well kerb, probably from a temple precinct. Subject: Hermes (Latin: Mercury) carries the infant Dionysos to the nymphs of Mt. Hysa. Formatore opposite British School of Art in Rome, up street. Vatican Museum. Mercatali Brothers put the casts in their bill.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plaster cast, accession number 21-43, described as Cast of a well kerb, probably from a temple precinct. Subject: Hermes (Latin: Mercury) carries the infant Dionysos to the nymphs of Mt. Hysa. Formatore opposite British School of Art in Rome, up street. Vatican Museum. Mercatali Brothers put the casts in their bill.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plaster cast, accession number 21-43, described as Cast of a well kerb, probably from a temple precinct. Subject: Hermes (Latin: Mercury) carries the infant Dionysos to the nymphs of Mt. Hysa. Formatore opposite British School of Art in Rome, up street. Vatican Museum. Mercatali Brothers put the casts in their bill.

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