Seated warrior Altemps Inv8603

Palazzo Altemps (Museo Nazionale Romano), Rome, Italy

Artist/Maker Unknown

Seated warrior, traditionally a pendant to the statue of Ludovisi Ares. 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.

Dimensions Unspecified

Credit line Former Ludovisi Collection

Accession number Inv. 8603

Location First floor

Photographer/Source Jastrow (2006)

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