Ares (the so-called “Ludovisi Ares”)
Roman copy of the 2nd cent. CE after a Greek original of the 2nd cent. BCE, presumably by Scopas Minor. Restored in 1622 by Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
Pentelic marble, restored with Carrara marble. Inv. No. 8602.Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo AltempsPhoto by Ilya Shurygin

Ares (the so-called “Ludovisi Ares”).

Roman copy of the 2nd cent. CE after a Greek original of the 2nd cent. BCE, presumably by Scopas Minor. Restored in 1622 by Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
Pentelic marble, restored with Carrara marble.
Inv. No. 8602.

Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Altemps
(Roma, Museo nazionale romano, Palazzo Altemps).

Private collection, Ludovisi.
Origin:
Rome, rione Campitelli.
Credits:
© 2015. Photo: Ilya Shurygin.
Data: museum annotation.
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