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"Sleeping Hermaphroditus" - an ancient marble sculpture depicting Hermaphroditus life size. In 1620, Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italy) sculpted the mattress upon which the statue now lies. The sculpture has been described as a good early Imperial Roman copy of a bronze original by the later of the two Hellenistic sculptors named Polycles (working ca.155 BC). Discovered at Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome, it is now on display at the Louvre. Bernini Sculpture, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Lorenzo Bernini, Top Surgery, Roman Statue, Classic Sculpture, Greek Statues, Greek Mythology Art, Human Reference

"Sleeping Hermaphroditus" - an ancient marble sculpture depicting Hermaphroditus life size. In 1620, Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italy) sculpted the mattress upon which the statue now lies. The sculpture has been described as a good early Imperial Roman copy of a bronze original by the later of the two Hellenistic sculptors named Polycles (working ca.155 BC). Discovered at Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome, it is now on display at the Louvre.

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