Met X Eichholtz People Bust

Features

• The Bust Roman Imperial is influenced by a 1st- or 2nd-cenThe Bust Roman Imperial is influenced by a 1st- or 2nd-century Roman copy of a Greek statue depicting Herakles or a victorious athlete dating back to the 4th century B.C. The Roman bust of youth at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York typifies how the Romans often crafted decorative works by recreating the heads of well-known Greek sculptures on busts or rectangular herms. This carefully carved reinterpretation has been created in marble and rests upon a granite-style plinth.