Cast Gallery catalogue number: C132
Ares, sitting on a rock, with left foot resting on a helmet. He clasps his left knee and holds a sword. Eros plays at his feet.
- Plaster cast: Height: 1.62m.
- Copy of a marble statue.
- The statue:
- is known as the Ares Ludovisi.
- is a version of a Greek original of about 320 BC.
- was formerly in the Ludovisi Collection.
- is now in Rome, Museo Nazionale delle Terme, inv. 8602; acquired in 1622.