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The Mercury (Main View)
Edward Falkener
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
Photograph of the sculpture known as the "Belvedere Hermes," previously known as the "Belvedere Antinous." The sculpture depicts a nude male figure in a "contrapposto" pose, supported by a stump adjoining his right leg. The male figure also wears a "chlamys" or cloak over his shoulder and wrapped around his forearm.
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Details
- Title: The Mercury (Main View)
- Creator: Edward Falkener
- Date Created: 1860
- Location Created: Vatican City, Holy See; Rome, Italy
- Physical Dimensions: 12.5 × 8.2 cm (4 15/16 × 3 1/4 in.)
- Type: Print
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Albumen silver print
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 84.XB.944.4.4
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
- Creator Display Name: Edward Falkener (British, 1814 - 1896)
- Classification: Photographs (Visual Works)
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