Roman statue of The Borghese Hermaphrodite - black and white wall art print T-Shirt

Sleeping Hermaphroditus, The Borghese Hermaphrodite. A Life size ancient 2nd century AD Roman statue sculpted in Greek Marble and found in the grounds of Santa Maria della Vittoria, near the Baths of Diocletian, Rome. It was added to the Borghese Collection by Cardinal Scipione Borghese, in the 17th century and was named the "Borghese Hermaphroditus”. It was later sold to the occupying French and was removed it to The Louvre. Hermaphrodite, son of Hermes and Aphrodite had repels the advances of the nymph Salmacis. However, she got Zeus as their two bodies are united in a bisexual being. The Sleeping Hermaphroditus has been described as a good early Imperial Roman copy of a bronze original by the later of the two Hellenistic sculptors named Polycles (150 BC) the original bronze was mentioned in Pliny's Natural History. In 1619 Bernini sculpted the mattress on which the ancient marble of Hermaphrodite lies. Louvre Museum, Paris. Black and White Wall art print by Photographer Paul E...

Paul E Williams is an international award winning photographer who worked from his studio in Camden London as a still life and food photographer for the top advertising agencies and design groups in the UK, Europe and the USA. Visit photo portfolio site at paulewilliams.com In 2010 Paul E Williams changed direction concentrating on photographing historical places, archaeological artefacts and street photography. Every year Paul Williams travels for 5 months throughout Europe, the Middle East and North Africa in his purpose built expedition Land Rover Defender photographing remote places and peoples returning to his Yorkshire base to process and print his photos through the winter. This site is dedicated to Paul E Williams personal photo...