See how two of the noses are missing from these busts? @glyptoteket has a “Nasothek” where you can see lots of recovered marble noses. They were previously used to repair pieces like this, but that’s no longer considered good practice in art restoration.
Oftentimes, it takes us buckets of tears, sweat and (literally) blood before we achieve what we want in life. But so long as it means waking up the next day to a morning as majestic and picturesque as this, I would not mind fighting till I shed the last b
