Sunday, October 25, 2015

Dying Gaul

Epigonos, Dying Gaul
Roman copy of a bronze statue
3rd Gaul from group
230-220 BCE
Marble
Barbarian with bushy hair, mustaches, and neck bands who were noble foes who fought to their death
Gaul who collapses on his large oval shield as blood pours from the gash in his chest
Victory of Attalos I
Museo Capitolino, Rome

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