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English: Hermes-type bust (pillar with the top as a sculpted head) of Epicurus leaned with his back against his disciple Metrodorus of Lampsacus (the younger) (note : the legend at the bottom of the hermes is mixed with the Metrodorus side). Pentelic marble, Roman artwork, Imperial Era (2nd-half of the 2nd century ?). Found in Rome, Italy.
Français : Pilier hermaïque représentant Épicure adossé à son disciple Métrodore de Lampsaque (le jeune). Marbre du Pentélique, œuvre romaine d'époque impériale (deuxième moitié du IIe siècle ?). Découvert à Rome, Italie.
Dimensions H. 62 cm (24 ¼ in.)
institution QS:P195,Q19675
Current location
Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, Sully wing, ground floor, room 17
Accession number
Ma 88 (MR 478)
Credit line Collections of the Duke of Penthièvre; seized during the French Revolution: in the Louvre collections since 1800
References notice sur le site du Louvre
Source/Photographer Eric Gaba (User:Sting), July 2005
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  • Metrodorus side of the Hermes
    Metrodorus side of the Hermes

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Metrodorus

Statue double d'Épicure adossé à Métrodore de Lampsaque

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current02:53, 1 May 2006Thumbnail for version as of 02:53, 1 May 20061,200 × 1,600 (330 KB)StingCorrect image of Epicurus : the legend at the Louvre museum is wrong
04:38, 28 August 2005Thumbnail for version as of 04:38, 28 August 2005600 × 800 (171 KB)Sting '''Suject :''' Hermes-type bust (pillar with the top as a sculpted head) of Epicurus leaned with his back against his disciple Metrodorus ;<br/> '''Origin :''' Imperial Roman sculpture (2nd-half of the 2nd century ?) ;<br/> '''Found :''' Rome, Ital
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