Head of Hermes
Place found:Rome, Italy
Date: 2nd century A.D.
Dimensions:11 15/16 × 8 1/4 × 6 15/16 in. (30.4 × 20.9 × 17.6 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Object number: DEAC.86.134.145
Provenance: excavated in a Roman house on the Caelian hill in Rome, under the Church of SS. Giovanni e Paolo, between 1887 and 1891; sold by Alfredo Turchi, Il Silenus di Via Margutta, Rome, to Gilbert M. Denman, Jr., (1921-2004), San Antonio, 1971; Gilbert M. Denman, Jr., by gift to San Antonio Museum of Art, 1986 [accession number 86.134.145]; deaccessioned in January 2022 for restitution to Italy