Cariatide

At a young age, Modigliani travelled to the stone quarries of Carrara to become skilled in the art of sculpting. Later he got fascinated by the traditional sculptures from Africa and Oceania.As far as is known to us, Modigliani made 24 sculpted heads, and only two complete human figures which both have the characteristics of a caryatid. The sculpture, which was originally made from lime stone, is, with a height of 1.6 metres, the largest one he has ever made. It shows a mixture of archaic styles, ranging from Cycladic to Cambodian.