[2311] Of Ares Borghese
February 9th, 2011 by Hafiz Noor Shams
This is Ares, the God of War, as he stands in a gallery belonging to the Louvre. The Roman sculpture is about 2,000 years ago, which is a copy of an older Greek bronze statue lost to antiquity.
A little research reveals that it is called Ares Borghese because the Borghese family of Rome collected this sculpture and owned it until the Louvre bought it in 1807.
I am no expert in Roman sculpture. The sculpture simply amused me in a very childish way.
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Er, nice angle?