Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Ludovisi Gaul
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Ludovisi Gaul
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Alternate Title:
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Gaul Killing Himself and His Wife
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Image View:
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Seventeenth century engraving of the work, on site
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Creator:
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after unknown Ancient Greek (sculptor); unknown (Roman (ancient) sculptor)
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Location:
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repository: Museo Nazionale Romano (Rome, Lazio, Italy) inv. 8608
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Location Note:
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via Sant’Apollinare, 46 (Palazzo Altemps); Boncompagni-Ludovisi Collection
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GPS:
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+41.901169+12.473062
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Date:
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Greek bronze, ca 230-20 BC (other); Roman copy, ca. 120 CE (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Roman (ancient)
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Style Period:
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Hellenistic
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Work Type 1:
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sculpture (visual work)
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Classification:
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Sculpture and Installations
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Material:
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marble
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Technique:
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carving (processes)
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Measurements:
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2.11 m (height)
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Subjects:
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human figure; military or war; Attalid dynasty, 282 B.C.-133 B.C.; Pergamene; Pergamon; Galatians; Gauls; suicide
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Description:
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Roman marble group depicting a man in the act of plunging a sword into his breast, looking backwards defiantly while he supports the dying figure of a woman with his left arm. It is a Roman copy of the early 2nd century CE, of a Hellenistic original, ca 230-220 BCE, one of the bronze groups commissioned from Greek sculptors by Attalus I at Pergamon after his recent victories over the Gauls of Galatia. Other Roman marble copies from the same project are the equally famous Dying Gaul, and the less well-known Kneeling Gaul. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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7A3-R-PAL-LG-A57
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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