Polychrome metal sculpture, "Musician," 19th Century
The Arab Musician
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 is placed on a decorated base that recalls 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.
