i_am_kane

I took a photo of a large picture of a young male with short curly hair, straight nose, full lips, bare chested. The photograph has a white background and the "statue" of the man appears to be bronze, and it takes up a large wall space (brick wall) in the reception hall.

I am in the process of making a DVD of my trip and would like to label my photo. After many, many attempts at searching online, I come up empty...possibly my parameters are not good enough.

Can anyone help me out?

ParadiseLost

It *might* have been found in the next-door "Villa of the Papyri" which wouldn't have shown-up in a Herculaneum/Ercolano search, if that is the case?

The Hermes and possibly the Athlete fit that description.

http://images.google.com/images?q=%2...+bronze+statue OR http://tinyurl.com/9d8r54n
Regards, Walter

i_am_kane

Walter,

There was one photo in the link you provided, but the position of the head is different...so hard to match it up with the photo I took.

Thank you for your efforts.

i_am_kane

Walter, I am back...you are correct, the photo I took is one of the young seated Hermes at Rest. Since my last reply, I sat down and read the phenomenal story of the Villa of Papri.

Thank you once again for your help and, hopefully this information will enhance my DVD.

ParadiseLost

Glad it's the one you were looking for.

Yes it is a phenomenal site and they were very lucky to discover it esp for the papyri and its possible historical significance.

If they can ever definitely prove that it was once the villa of 'Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus' it would be a great find for history.

Besides being Julius Caesar's father-in-law he was a big power-player in the Late-Republic, a friend or foe of people like Cicero, Clodius, Marc Antony, Cato and Octavian (Augustus).

I took a tour of it in '04 but it was limited too the outside excavations (nothing underground) but still cool for a history buff.
The tours were prebooked and only on weekend mornings but sadly they ended them ~ '07.
Regards, Walter