Cleomenes of Athens, “Marcellus as Hermes Logios (Mercury)”, 20 BCE, Marble, Musee du Louvre, Paris, France

This sculpture of Marcellus the Younger was executed by Cleomenes the Athenian two years after Marcellus’ death on the order of his uncle Imperator Caesar Augustus, first Emperor of the Roman Empire, as a funerary monument for his nephew. King Louis XIV placed it in the collection at Palace of Versailles in the year 1664. It was later moved by Napolean to the Louvre in Paris, where it now resides.