Visual Art
Ludovisi Gaul
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Sculpture by Epigonus of Pergamum
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2nd century AD
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Sculpture
The Ludovisi Gaul is an ancient Roman statue depicting a Gallic man plunging a sword into his breast as he holds up the dying body of his wife. This sculpture is a marble copy of a now lost Greek bronze original. The Ludovisi Gaul can be found today in the Palazzo Altemps in Rome.
This statue is unique for its time because it was common to depict the victor but instead, the Ludovisi Gaul depicts the defeated.
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