Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Statue of Seated Warrior
Image View:
Diagram showing modern restorations
Creator:
unknown (Roman (ancient) sculptor)
Location:
repository: Museo Nazionale Romano (Rome, Lazio, Italy) inv. 8603
Location Note:
via Sant’Apollinare, 46 (Palazzo Altemps); Ludovisi Collection
GPS:
41.901169 12.473062
Date:
Greek original, 2nd century BCE (other)
Cultural Context:
Roman (ancient)
Style Period:
Greco-Roman; Hellenistic
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
Pentelic marble (body); Parian marble (head)
Technique:
carving (processes)
Subjects:
human figure; military or war
Description:
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.
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A3-R-PAL-SW-A09
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Statue of Seated Warrior