Mars seated (The Ludovisi Mars)

Details

• Title

  Mars seated (The Ludovisi Mars)

• Artist/maker

  Giovanni Francesco Susini (c. 1585 - 1653) (sculptor)

• Associated place

  Europe (place of creation)

• Date

  c. 1600 - 1653

• Material and technique

  bronze, lost-wax cast

• Object type

  sculpture

• Dimensions

  35.4 cm (height)
  26.5 cm from proper right foot to back of mound (length)
  12.9 cm of wooden plinth (height)
  28 cm of wooden plinth (length)
  17.2 cm of wooden plinth (width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Mrs Gutekunst in memory of her husband, Otto Gutekunst, 1953.

• Museum location

  Second floor | Gallery 43 | Italian Renaissance

• Museum department

  Western Art

• Accession no.

  WA1953.110

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