The Ludovisi Mars
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
1800 - 1830
Materials
Bronze, Marble
Measurements
265 mm (H)
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Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 931734.1
Summary
Sculpture, bronze, The Ludovisi Mars. One of a pair of bronze figures of Mars and Mercury, seated, on rockwork bases, early 19th century after the Antique, oval marble plinths. The original is recorded as having been found near the Palazzo Santa Croce and is now in the Museo Nazionale, Rome