"Large Dying Gaulish Bronze Sculpture, Nude By The Antique Founder Chiurazzi, Grand Tour 19th"
Old & important antique bronze.Subject depicting the dying Gaul or Galatian.
Work cast by the prestigious Chiurazzi house in Naples.
Black patina perfectly highlighting the carving of the work.
Impressive size, 56cm in length and 29cm in width, 30cm in height.
In good condition.
The Dying Galatian, sometimes titled the Dying Gladiator or Capitoline Galatian, is the Roman marble copy of a lost Greek original from the Hellenistic period (323-31 BC), probably executed in bronze, commissioned between 230 and 220 BC. AD by Attalus I of Pergamum to commemorate his victory over the Galatians, the Celts or the Gauls inhabiting Anatolia. The original sculptor is believed to be Epigonos of Pergamum, a court sculptor of the Attalid dynasty of Pergamum. This ancient sculpture is exhibited in the New Palace (Rome) within the Capitoline Museums in the center of the Gladiator Hall, to which it gives its name; it is one of the most remarkable and famous works in the museum. Until the 20th century, the marble statue was generally known as the Dying Gladiator, with speculation that it depicted a wounded gladiator in a Roman amphitheater, particularly due to the popularity of Lord Byron's depiction. However, in the middle of the 19th century, it was identified as Gaulish or Galatian and the current name "dying Gaul" gradually gained unanimous support.
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