Bust of Ares of Ludovisi type
- Title:
- Bust of Ares of Ludovisi type
- Collection:
- Cornell Cast Collection
- Creator:
- Unknown (Roman copy)
various artists proposed for Greek original, including Skopas, Lysippos
- Photographer:
- Mericle, Danielle
- Date:
- ca. 1890-1900 (cast)
ca. second half of the 1st century CE (Roman copy)
ca. 330-300 BCE (Greek/Hellenistic original)
- Site:
- possibly Rome (acquired there in 1815) (original)
- Location:
- 726 University Avenue, Cornell University
possibly Rome (acquired there in 1815) (original) - ID Number:
- CCC_0783
- Accession Number:
- Sage no. 114
114 (on label in front)
719 - File Name:
- CCC_0783.tif
- Original Measurements:
- 35.5 (H head and neck only) x 23.3 (W) x 22 (D) cm
- Culture:
- Roman, after Greek
- Style/Period:
- Roman Imperial (Flavian or early Trajanic), after Hellenistic
- Work Type:
- casts (sculpture)
- Materials/Techniques:
- plaster cast (sculpture)
marble sculpture in the round (original) - Subject:
- Ares (Greek deity)
- Image View Type:
- overall
- Image View Description:
- from front
- Measurement:
- 60 (with pedestal) x 45 (without pedestal) x 30.5 x 24.5 (centimeters, height x height x width x diameter)
- Description:
- This is a cast of a bust of the Ludovisi Ares type housed in the Glyptothek in Munich. The figure turns his head to his right and looks ahead calmly with deep-set, thick-lidded, almond-shaped eyes. His nose is long and his lips are full and parted. The face is youthful and idealized. Ares' hair is short and curly. The rough, weathered surface of the original is reflected in this cast and is particularly evident on the forehead and hair. This cast preserves restorations that have since been removed from the original, most notably to the nose, left cheek and ear, and chin. The bust to which the head was attached, as here, has also been removed from the original. The limited bust does not include shoulders or pectoral muscles. Cast mold seams are visible. This figure is identified as a boxer in the Sage catalog, perhaps because of the cauliflower-like right ear. While generally accepted as Ares, the identity of the Ares Ludovisi type has been debated, as has the sculptor of the (probably) 4th c. original.
- Notes:
- Items in the Cornell Cast Collection are meant for inventory and reference purposes. Metadata may not be complete in all cases.
no. GL 272 - Bibliography:
- Barbara Vierneisel-Schlörb, Klassische Skulpturen des 5. und 4. Jhs. v. Chr. Glyptothek München, Katalog der Skulpturen, Band II (Munich: Verlag C. H. Beck, 1979), 424-430, no. 38, pls. 206-209
See also entries for Munich GL 272 and Ares Ludovisi type in perseus.tufts.edu art and archaeology browser - Repository:
- Cornell University (current)
Munich, Glyptothek (original) - Collecting Program:
- Cornell Collections of Antiquities
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The images in the Cornell Collection of Antiquities: Casts are protected by copyright, and the copyright holders are their creators, generally Cornell University Library, Annetta Alexandridis, and Verity Platt. This collection of plaster casts owned by Cornell University was photographed by Cornell University Library, Alexandridis, Platt, and Andreya L. Mihaloew from 2010-2015, with funding from a Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences Grant to Annetta Alexandridis. Cornell is providing access to the materials for research and personal use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Please contact Annetta Alexandridis and Verity Platt for more information about this collection, or to request permission to use these images.