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Ancient Greek god of war Ares. Marble bust #223308792
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The head of Ares. Material - marble. Roman work, early 2nd c. AD according to the Greek original 420s BC by sculptor Alcamenes. Provenance in 1850 from Tsarskoe Selo. Purchased by Ivan Shuvalov in 1771 in Rome. Collection of the State Hermitage Museum. Saint-Petersburg, Russia. Ares - in ancient Greek mythology, the god of war; part of the twelve Olympian gods, son of Zeus and Hera
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