Young Caeser (?) Painted Plaster Bust with Metal Laurel Crown \drawing of bank robbery One side shows rich orange

One side shows rich orange fire clouding

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but I really love speculating about it

An uneven left edge with a little crinkling just along that side and some smudges and age toning

Young Caeser (?) Painted Plaster Bust with Metal Laurel Crown \drawing of bank robbery One side shows rich orangeI have no idea the story behind this plaster bust, but I think it's wonderful. I love how completely androgynous the figure is, who I take for a young Roman, perhaps Julius Caesar himself, crowned with metal laurel wreath but really I think it could be anyone one wants, and without the crown reminds me a lot of an old Santos figure. The figure's face itself transforms a little, too, depending on point of view, so he, or she, or they, remain always a