Bust of a Young Warrior, after Pollaiuolo by Robert David Gauley

Bust of a Young Warrior, after Pollaiuolo 1893

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Dimensions: 29 x 20.3 cm (11 7/16 x 8 in.)

Copyright: CC0 1.0

Curator: This pencil drawing, housed here at the Harvard Art Museums, is titled "Bust of a Young Warrior, after Pollaiuolo," created by Robert David Gauley. It captures the profile of a figure with delicate lines. Editor: It's strikingly understated, almost ghostly. The subtle gradations of pencil create a sense of depth. Curator: Indeed. The warrior archetype here softens—the drawing, in its medium and style, invites us to consider the mythos of a warrior's identity rather than the brute force we may imagine. Editor: And yet, the labor of creating this image—the graphite, the paper—links it to a specific moment in time. It is not timeless, but rather a record of artistic production. Curator: Interesting that you see the moment of its creation as the center, while I see the moment of its inspiration as central, a kind of cultural echoing. Editor: In the end, the drawing provides a window into both its own making and the cultural echoes it seeks to recreate. Curator: I suppose the intersection of those two perspectives is the most complete way to see this work.

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