A Marble Head of a God , Roman Imperial, circa 1st Century A.D.

probably from a herm of Hermes, based on a Greek prototype of the mid 5th Century B.C., with full beard of overlapping voluted curls, long moustache with inward-curling ends, straight nose, wide-set eyes drilled at the inner corners, and smooth brow, his centrally parted hair radiating from the crown, bound in a wide fillet tied at the back of the head, and falling in symmetrical voluted locks over the forehead and temples, the ends of the fillet falling over the nape of the neck.

Arthur Davidson Ltd., Jermyn Street, London, 1977

Chaucer Fine Arts Inc., Rome. A Vision of Antiquity. Pictures and Drawings. Classical Sculpture, catalogue of the exhibition held at the gallery, 45 Pimlico Road, June 12th to July 18th, 1980, London, Summer 1980, no. 47, illus. (entry by Dr. Geoffrey B. Waywell)

For related Roman herm heads inspired by classical models see LIMC, vol. V, part 2, p. 201.