Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Statue of Seated Warrior
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Statue of Seated Warrior
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Image View:
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Overall three quarter view from left
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Creator:
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unknown (Roman (ancient) sculptor)
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Location:
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repository: Museo Nazionale Romano (Rome, Lazio, Italy) inv. 8603
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Location Note:
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via Sant’Apollinare, 46 (Palazzo Altemps); Ludovisi Collection
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GPS:
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+41.901169+12.473062
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Date:
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Greek original, 2nd century BCE (other)
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Cultural Context:
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Roman (ancient)
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Style Period:
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Greco-Roman; Hellenistic
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Work Type 1:
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sculpture (visual work)
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Classification:
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Sculpture and Installations
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Material:
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Pentelic marble (body); Parian marble (head)
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Technique:
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carving (processes)
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Subjects:
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human figure; military or war
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Description:
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Seated warrior, traditionally a pendant to the statue of Ares Ludovisi (inv. 8602). Pentelic marble (body) and Parian marble (head); Roman copy after an Hellenistic original. Slightly restored; the head is antique (type of the Skopas Meleager) but does not belong to the body. Copy of Greek original of the 2nd century BCE.
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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7A3-R-PAL-SW-A01
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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