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Head of a Girl
GILBERT, Sir Alfred
(Artist)
Head of a young female, face turned to her left shoulder. Hair parted in the centre and mostly concealed beneath a turban.
Gilbert lived in Rome from 1878 until 1884 and the model for this head was his son's Italian nurse Michaelena. The exceptionally fine quality of this cast reveals the 'lost wax' technique of Gilbert's Neopolitan foundry and his own meticulous finishing of the bronze. At the Royal Academy in 1883 it provided a conclusive reply to artists who claimed that Gilbert was a poor portraitist.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 117
Creation/Production
Acquisition
Gift, 1946
Given by Sir William Goscombe John
Measurements
Height
(cm): 38.5
Width
(cm): 22.5
Depth
(cm): 21.5
Height
(cm): 43
Techniques
Bronze
Techniques (sculpture)
Fine Art - sculpture
Material
Bronze
Location
Gallery 15
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