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拍品專文
The marble original, now in the Museo Nazionale Romano, was acquired by the Ludovisi in 1622 after it's discovery near the Palazzo Santa Croce in the rione of Campitelli during excavations for a drain. The god of War is shown gazing into the distance, with his shield cast aside and an amoretti at his feet, implying thoughts of Venus. The naturalistic treatment suggests that the original is an Antonine copy influenced by Scopas and Lysippus (fourth century B.C.).
Famous from the 17th century onwards, the seated Mars was defined in the 18th Century by Winckelmann as "the most beautiful Mars of antiquity". It was to prove one of the most admired of all antique statues, and was much copied in plaster, biscuit, bronze, and often - as here - as a marble reduction.
Famous from the 17th century onwards, the seated Mars was defined in the 18th Century by Winckelmann as "the most beautiful Mars of antiquity". It was to prove one of the most admired of all antique statues, and was much copied in plaster, biscuit, bronze, and often - as here - as a marble reduction.