 The facture is highly refined; the whites of his eyes are alabaster inlays.Though some have dated it to the 4th century BCE and said it was an original work by Praxiteles or a faithful copy, it is more securely dated either to the Hellenistic period of the 3rd and 2nd centuries BCE, or possibly to the Roman "Atticising" phase in the early 2nd century CE.A high percentage of lead in the bronze alloy suggests its being made in Rome itself.