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Hermes Kriophoros
Greek
Classical Period
about 5th century B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Boiotia, Tanagra
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
30 cm (11 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession Number01.7776
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionStatuette of Hermes Kriophoros, standing. On high, square base; wears pilos and chlamys. Flesh, hair, background between legs, top of base and stripe around base painted red. Chlamys white with traces of blue on edge.
ProvenanceBy 1901: with E. P. Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought in Boston: certainly from Boeotia.); purchased by MFA from E. P. Warren, December 1901