Severe Style Bronze Head

Head and upper neck from a slightly larger than lifesize hollow-cast bronze statue of a young man, possibly a representation of the Greek god Apollo or else of a votary; the features recalls the Severe Style of early Classical Greek art, and the statue was certainly made under the influence of someone familiar with this style; the head, larger than lifesize, faces forward with an impassive look; the eye sockets are open and would have been filled with another material, perhaps ivory, to show the colour of the eyes.

Dimensions: Height: 31.75 centimetres

Object Type: statue

Series: Severe Style

Techniques: cast

Classical

1958,0418.1