Lot 408

Overall in Good Condition
- minor verdigris spots verso turban


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The Maas Gallery, London
Purchased from the above in 2013

This sculpture is an unauthorised cast after Alfred Gilbert's "Study of a Head" 1882, which he exhibited at the Royal Academy the following year. There it 'brought about a new outlook in sculpture' according to sculptor William Goscombe John (1860-1952).
"Study of a Head" was the first bronze Gilbert exhibited at the Royal Academy and followed his return to London from Italy. The model was Francis Gilbert's wetnurse in Rome, Michaelena. Gilbert captured the monumentally of ancient and renaiassance traditions, while simultaneously infusing the sculpture with a sensual and introspective expression. This complex duality would distinguish his career and define the New Sculpture movement generally.