Bust of Clytie. 23x17x34cm

Description

Reproduction of a bust attributed to the nymph Clytie in reconstituted marble (marble powder + binder). Finished with ageing patina.

• Measurements: Width 23cm; Depth 17cm; Height 34cm.
• Weight: 6kg.

Reproduction of a bust whose original is in the British Museum, considered until the 20th century to be a representation of the nymph Clytie. In 1961 it was identified by H. Jucker as a portrait of Antonia the Younger, mother of the emperor Claudius, although this attribution is much disputed.

Clytie was an aquatic nymph, in love with the solar god Apollo. When he abandoned her, heartbroken, she sat staring at the sun until she sprouted roots and became a sunflower, the origin of this flower according to Greek mythology.