[1][3] In 1901, it was passed on to Wyndham Francis Cook (1860-1905), and thence by familial descent was sold at auction by Spink & Son on 14 July 1925.

It was in the private collection of Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma until 24 March 2021, where upon it was acquired by dealer Charles Ede via Sotheby's to which the MET purchased the statuette from in 2023.

Standing forth on his right leg, his right hand produces a purse, while a chlamys is draped over his left shoulder.

[6] The god is posed in a balanced and casual position, the contrapposto, indicative of many other statuettes manufactured at the time in the 2nd century.

[7] They were modelled on the Greek originals like made by Polykleitos, such as that of the Hermes Criophorus, now at the National Archaeological Museum, Athens.