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Mars

Maker (Italian, 1682 - 1757)
Additional Title(s)
  • Unidentified Figure
ClassificationsSCULPTURE
Date1700-1757
Mediumlimestone
Dimensions71 1/2 × 24 × 18 in. (181.6 × 61 × 45.7 cm.) base: 23 × 24 × 24 in. (58.4 × 61 × 61 cm.) overall: 94 1/2 × 24 × 24 in. (240 × 61 × 61 cm.)
DescriptionThis statue probably portrays Mars, the god of war in ancient Roman religion and myth, shown here as a mature Roman emperor resting his right foot on a plumed helmet.
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
On view
Object number22.17
Allegory of Harvest
Giacomo Cassetti
1700-1757
Object number: 22.15
Mars
Agostino Testa
late 17th - early 18th century
Object number: 20.37
Mars
Unknown, British
ca. 1879
Object number: 2000.5.2797
Mars
Unknown, British
ca. 1879
Object number: 2000.5.1902f
Mars
Unknown, British
ca. 1879
Object number: 2000.5.1906a
Flora
Agostino Testa
late 17th Century
Object number: 20.42
Constancy
Agostino Testa
late 17th Century
Object number: 20.43
Juno
Agostino Testa
late 17th Century
Object number: 20.44
Time
Unknown
n.d.
Object number: 22.9
Bacchus
Agostino Testa
late 17th Century
Object number: 20.45
Allegorical Figure of Peace
Agostino Testa
late 17th - early 18th century
Object number: 20.33