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Mars

Date1540/1550
Modern PlaceItaly, Southern Europe, Europe
MediumBronze
ClassificationsSculpture
Dimensions14 × 47 × 21 inches (35.56 × 119.38 × 53.34 cm)
Credit LineFounder Society Purchase with funds from Mr. and Mrs. Edgar B. Whitcomb
Object number49.418
DescriptionMuscular nude man stands on his right leg, his left leg bent. He holds a large lance, the tip of which rests on the ground by his right foot. His left hand, which holds the handle of the lance, is extended up and out.
On View
Not on view
Locations
  • Storage - Long-term   Demo Museum (Hanover Square), East Wing, Euro. Sculpture & Decorative Art
ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of: Palazzo Rezzonico, Venice; Count William von Pourtales, Berlin (c.1840 until 1889); Count Friedrich von Pourtales (until 1948); Rosenberg and Stiebel, New York; Donated by Mr. and Mrs. Edgar B. Whitcomb in 1949