Dying Gaul

• The Dying Gaul is one of the Three Galatian Gauls, which are 2nd Century BCE Roman Marble copies of Greek Statues.

History

• They were originally made in Bronze by Attalus I of Pergamon around 230-220 BCE, after his victory over the Gauls of Galatia to depict the Galatian Gauls.
• They were found in the gardens of the Villa Ludovisi in Rome, originally the Gardens of Sallust (1st century CE Roman Historian).
• The statues are now on show in the National Roman Museum in Rome.

The Three Galatian Gauls

• The Dying Gaul
  • originally called the Dying Galatian.
  • It is on display in the Capitoline Museums, Rome, with a copy in the Courtauld Gallery in London
• The Ludovisi Gaul
  • This portrays a Man holding his dying wife whilst killing himself, now in the National Roman Museum, Palazzo Altemps, Rome.
• The Kneeling Gaul
  • This is on display in the Louvre, Sully, Ground Floor, Room 17, Paris.