This exquisite little head displays the sensitive modeling and expressive features of a much larger sculpture, upon which it is perhaps based. Is this introspective youth some heir to the...
This exquisite little head displays the sensitive modeling and expressive features of a much larger sculpture, upon which it is perhaps based. Is this introspective youth some heir to the Imperial throne . There is a slight, yearning melancholy about him, as if he were remembering the faded glories of the Classical world. His eyes are those of a dreamer, and gazing upon him, we ourselves are transported to other realms.