Italian school, XIX century. Bust of Diana

Italian school, XIX century.
Bust of Diana.
Marble.
Measurements: 28 x 17 x 10 cm.
The classicist sculptor that concerns us reproduces faithfully in this bust in Carrara marble the Roman model of Diana, a copy of the Greek original that represented the Greek goddess of hunting Artemis. The Roman copy, known as Diana the Huntress or Diana with Hind, is kept in the Louvre Museum in Paris. The bust shown here focuses on the beautiful face and on the folds of the peplum that drape around the turgid breasts, as well as on the headdress with diadem and the waves of the hair gathered in a bun. The copy in the art gallery shows the goddess full-length, in movement, with her left hand resting on the antlers of a small deer and her right hand on her quiver. The authorship of the original statue has long been attributed to Leocares, although Praxiteles has also been proposed as the author of the Greek bronze.