Perhaps in the art world, renderings of males, might be referenced as “he”, such as when gazing at Michelangelo’s “David”, “he”, when commenting on the statue itself, wouldn’t be out of place.
I could see artworks depicting a person of a particular gender honored with a he or a she, though the more common convention is probably to refer to it by name e.g. David or Mona. Would a sculpture of a group be called “they” even if it was done in one piece?