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Stepping up into a chariot, depicted nude but for his mantle pinned at his right shoulder, draped over his left arm and fanning out from the elbow; wearing a high-crested helmet with the protective cheek-pieces positioned below his chin, incised scrolling along the visor and crown.

h. 16.5 x w. 6 x d. 7.5 cm

2nd-3rd centuries AD

Bronze

Provenance

Ex Private collection, acquired in Europe, c. 1992
Acquired by Royal-Athena Galleries at Christie's Antiquities Sale, 9th December 2005, lot 334
Ex collection of James Bach, Miami, Florida, January 2007
Royal-Athena Galleries reacquired, April 2008
Acquired at Royal-Athena Galleries, 22nd October 2008, BJ0803C

Publications

Christie's, Antiquities Sale, 9th December 2005, lot 334
J. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, 2007, vol. XVIII, p. 35, fig. 67
M. Junkelmann, "Roman Militaria" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 248, fig. 41
K. Schörle (ed.), L'armée de Rome; La puissance et la gloire, SilvianaEditioriale, 2018, p. 210, fig. 141
J. Coulston, "The Power and the Glory", Minerva: the International Review of Ancient Art & Archaeology, March/April 2019, vol. 30, no. 2, p. 20, no. 19

Exhibitions

Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, since June 2011
L’armée de Rome, la puissance et la gloire, Musée départemental Arles antique, Arles, France, 5th December 2018 — 22nd April 2019

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Roman Bronze Nude Ares (Mars), God of War

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