This bronze bust of a young boy reflects the persistent naturalism that continued into the early 20th century, even as sculptors were loosening their surfaces and adopting more expressive modeling. The child’s features are rendered with clarity and restraint, his hair, clothing, and facial structure described with a sensitive hand that reveals Pina’s grounding in academic technique. While the form is solid and still, the surface carries a subtly worked texture that shows the lingering influence of Auguste Rodin’s approach to bronze, an emphasis on the living, shifting quality of modeling rather than polished finish. The work fits within Pina’s early interest in faithful portraiture, yet it also hints at the emerging modern tendency to let the sculptor’s touch remain visible, allowing emotion and immediacy to come through the clay-like treatment of the bronze.