Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Dying Gaul
Alternate Title:
Capitoline Gaul
Image View:
Detail of head and torso with wound, leaning on arm next to sword
Creator:
unknown, Roman copyist
Location:
repository: Musei Capitolini (Rome, Lazio, Italy) inv. MC0747
Location Note:
Piazza del Campidoglio, 1; Palazzo Nuovo, Hall of the Galatian
GPS:
41.893056 12.4825
Date:
original bronze, ca. 230-220 BCE (other)
Cultural Context:
Ancient Greek; Roman (ancient)
Style Period:
Greco-Roman; Hellenistic; Pergamene (sculpture style)
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
sculpture
Material:
marble
Technique:
carving (processes)
Measurements:
93 cm (height)
Description:
Roman marble copy of a lost Hellenistic sculpture thought to have been executed in bronze. The original may have been commissioned some time between 230 and 220 BCE by Attalus I of Pergamon to celebrate his victory over the Galatians, the Celtic or Gaulish people of parts of Anatolia (modern Turkey). The identity of the sculptor of the original is unknown, but it has been suggested that Epigonus, court sculptor of the Attalid dynasty of Pergamon, may have been the creator. The carefully detailed nude body, bushy hair, mustache, and metal torque identify the Gaul and manifest fascination with foreigners. Recorded in the Ludovisi Collection, Rome, in 1623, the marble was apparently recovered from the site of the Gardens of Sallust (Horti Sallustiani) on the Ludovisi estate. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Collection:
Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A3-G-CM-DG-B02
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Dying Gaul