Plaster model of a male figure with legs missing from just below the knees. Small, childlike figure sits on left arm. Draped trunk for support.
Punch marks on the back of Hermes and trunk.
Right arm missing above elbow. Height 2.15 m with base. Original of Parian marble, discovered at Olympia in 1877 in cella of Heraeum. May be a copy of Praxitilean original. He seems to have been the most highly regarded sculptor in antiquity.