The Epic of the Sculpture ‘The Dying Gaul’
Introduction In the Caprolin Museum in Rome, a majestic marble sculpture sits with its head bowed, its expression painful and hopeless, which is the charm of ‘The Dying Gaul’. This ancient Roman semi reclining sculpture is actually a replica, originally from the Hellenistic period (323-31 BC), and may have originally been a bronze sculpture. This …