Polychrome Bronze Sculpture, “musician,” 19th Century

Polychrome metal sculpture, “Musician,” 19th century

Le musicien arabe

Period: 19th century – Victorian style

Elegant metal sculpture with polychrome patina, depicting an Arab musician in traditional vertical striped clothing playing a stringed instrument.

The figure, remarkably realistic and detailed, wears a wraparound headdress and red shoes, and stands on a decorated base with oriental motifs.

Material: antimony-type metal with refined original polychrome patina.

Height: approximately 80 cm.

Stylistic features: typical exotic sensibility of Victorian taste, with attention to detail in clothing and expression, in line with 19th-century Orientalism.

A work of great visual impact and artistic quality, representative of the fascination with the Orient that characterized European art in the second half of the 19th century.