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This is a Roman copy of a Hellenistic bronze original. Marble. 3rd Century B.C. (c. 240 - 220 B.C.) It is not an heroic nude but a a victory monument, the Dying Gaul is dramatically depicted in mute resignation as he momentarily rests upon his oval shield (Celtic), his trumpet nearby. He manages to keep his body upright by the temporary support of his hand. (The sword is speculated to be a copyist's addition.) The original is sometimes ascribed to the sculptor Epigonos.
The cropped hair, the mustache, the shaven face (probably denoting the Dying Gaul as a chieftain) and the gold tourque or ring around the neck were distinctive characteristics of the "barbaric" Gauls.
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