[Praxiteles' Hermes holding the infant Dionysus] [graphic] / E. Hathaway. Feb. [18]99.

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[Praxiteles' Hermes holding the infant Dionysus] [graphic] / E. Hathaway. Feb. [18]99.

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Study drawing of a plaster cast of the statue Hermes Holding the Infant Dionysus. The original statue was by the 4th century Greek sculptor Praxiteles.

1 drawing on laid paper : charcoal ; sheet 63 x 49 cm.

Boston Athenaeum

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Cowles Art School (Boston, Mass.)

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Praxiteles, 4th cent. B.C.

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Hathaway, Esther A., 1876-1936,

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Drawing created when the artist was a young student at the Cowles Art School in Boston, Mass. between 1897 and 1899. The sitter is unidentified although it is likely that she was a fellow student of Hathaway's. According to the donor, life portraits were done of class members after a student had successfully completed courses in drawing from plaster casts. From the description of [Woman seen from behind] [graphic] / Esther A. Hathaway. [between 1897 and 1899] (Boston Athenaeum). Worl...