Richter, Gisela Marie Augusta, 1882-1972, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) · New York [The Gilliss Press] · leaf 190
comparison of our bust with thestrongly realistic heads of the Republican era, on the one hand, and withthe idealizing types of the time of Augustus on the other, will show thatit stands midway between these two epochs. The influence of Greek 142 ROMAN PERIOD models has already acted on the artist… … 325 This is one of the finest bronze portrait busts known. The face isbeautifully modelled, especially on the forehead, and round the mouth.Moreover, the artist has successfully seized the personality of the man,and without too detailed treatment, has conveyed a sensitive and yetforceful character.…
Bronzes · Art, Ancient
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