Cast Gallery catalogue number: C055

Head of Hephaistos from a herm. He wears a workman's cap.

• Plaster cast: Height: 56cm.
• Copy of a marble head.
• The head:
  • is a version of the head of an original made about 420-410 BC, possibly by Alkamenes.
  • was found in Rome, Piazza di Spagna, in 1855.
  • is now in Rome, Musei Vaticani, Chiaramonti, inv. 1211.