Portrait Bust of a Youth

From the Getty Museum record

This bust portrays a youth of about eight to ten years old. The neck is long, and the finely worked head bears characteristics of the Julio-Claudians. The brow is wide, the nose fine, the mouth delicate and the chin small. The front of the head is carefully articulated while the back is only summarily modeled. A smooth fringe of locks frames the forehead. Curls are swept in front of the ears. There is a calyx of acanthus leaves preserved on the front lower edge of the bust.