Collection: | Athens, National Archaeological Museum |
Title: | Head of Ares Ludovisi type |
Context: | Possibly from Athens, Acropolis |
Findspot: | Excavated at Athens, Acropolis, South Slope (Stoa of Eumenes), in 1867. |
Summary: | Head of an athletic youthful figure |
Object Function: | Unknown |
Material: | Marble |
Sculpture Type: | Free-standing statue |
Category: | Original/copies |
Style: | Early Hellenistic |
Technique: | In-the-round |
Original or Copy: | Copy |
Original: | Ares Ludovisi type |
Date: | ca. 1 AD - ca. 100 AD |
Dimensions: | H. 0.32 m |
Scale: | Over life-size |
Region: | Attica |
Period: | Roman Imperial |
Subject Description: Head of youthful, athletic male, with short, curly hair, turning toward the left shoulder.
Form & Style:
Karouzou reports an opinion that this head may have belonged to a funerary statue. The findspot--far away from grave sites--however, dictates against this hypothesis.
Condition: Head only (nearly complete)
Condition Description:
Broken off at the bottom of the neck, preserving some of the connection to the right shoulder. Heavily worn, especially on the chin, nose, and locks at top of forehead.
Technique Description:
A free copy; similar to the copy in Munich (
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