Sculptor of a ruling head, also a god (5)
I believe the answer is:
rodin
'sculptor' is the definition.
(Auguste Rodin was a French sculptor)
'a ruling head also a god' is the wordplay.
'head' suggests taking the first letters.
'also' says to put letters next to each other.
'a god' becomes 'odin' (Norse god).
The initial letter of 'ruling' is 'r'.
'r'+'odin'='RODIN'
'of' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for rodin that I've seen before include "French form master" , "French manual worker" , "Kiss I'm famous for" , "Sculptor of OThe KissO" , "Great French sculptor of 'The Thinker' etc" .)