ATELIERS DU MUSEE DU LOUVRE Head of Hygie Resin... Lot 186

ATELIERS DU MUSEE DU LOUVRE Head of Hygie Resin subject on wooden base/cube Stamped Reproduction du Musée du Louvre Height with base: 40 cm Note: The original is in the Musée du Louvre "Female marble portrait, probably of Hygie, found at Tegea in Arcadia. This young woman's head, with its wavy hair pulled back, expresses grace and divine beauty. This work is sometimes attributed to the sculptor Scopas, and is considered one of the masterpieces of the late classical period." Source Ateliers d'Art des Musées Nationaux