In Victorious Youth, how is the Polychromy of the Techniques elucidated?
Evidence of polychrome survives; the nipples and lips are copper. This color choice may have interacted with the golden yellow of the bronze surface.  There is a possibility of silver on the olive crown and more color to enhance the cheeks.  The inserted eyes would have given the bronze statue a naturalistic look.  During the casting process of the Youth, these eye sockets would have been left empty and after the casting process both eyes would be inserted.  The iris and pupil would be made of stone or glass, the white parts of the eyes would be ivory, bone or glass.  To hold the eye in place a reddish sheet of copper would have been cut to fit the eye socket and then be curled into lashes. In addition to the application of bone, copper, glass, ivory, the bronze would be painted pale and gleaming like flesh to its viewers of the ancient world.
polychrome