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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 1977760, member: 44316&quot;]I said the body and head don&#039;t belong together and now I see the Met says they do (Thanks, Doug). Some ancient statues do have the head-to-body proportions right. Do they really think a statue with such magnificent quality really would have the proportions so wrong? They have studied it up close and &quot;examined it in great detail as art of the conservation effort,&quot; so they should know. If the bronze is truly original and continuous from torso to head they would have to belong together, but if the head has been restored to the body I still doubt they do. As Tomas Hoving said in his book on art collecting at the Met (&quot;The Chase, the Capture&quot;) , his very first point was to trust your &quot;immediate impression.&quot;&nbsp; Mine is that the head and body don&#039;t belong together.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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