This drawing from 1898 is of the famed statue known as Hermes Belvedere. This coarse-grained white marble statue presently in the Vatican Museum is a Roman copy, dating to between 117 and 138 C.E. of a Greek bronze that dated to the 4th century B.C.E. According to Greek and Roman mythology, Hermes (Mercury to the Romans) was the messenger god.
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This drawing from 1898 is of the famed statue known as Hermes Belvedere. This coarse-grained white marble statue presently in the Vatican Museum is a Roman copy, dating to between 117 and 138 C.E. of a Greek bronze that dated to the 4th century B.C.E. According to Greek and Roman mythology, Hermes (Mercury to the Romans) was the messenger god.

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39,7Mo (2,2Mo) / 23,0cm x 43,2cm / 2719 x 5100 (300dpi)

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Hermes Belvedere Mercury Belvedere Hermes Vatican Mercury Vatican Museum Greek messenger god Roman messenger Greek goddesses mythology myth legend Greece ancient Greece religion Roman gods Roman deities ancient Rome religion pantheon second century C.E. 4th century B.C

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