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The P.Nuovo is full of\nfabulous stuff, and forms part of the Capitoline Museums, in turn part\nof the Museo Nazionale Romano which is scattered around Rome in various\nlocations, under the general oversight of the Soprintendeza\nArchaeologica di Roma, who is responsible to the Italian Ministry of\nCulture.\n\nThe statue is currently labelled as \"Statue of the Dying Galatian\" and\nis described as a 1st century BC Roman copy of one erected at Pergamum,\ncelebrating the victory over the eastern population of the (Celtic) Galatians.\n\nMy \"World History of Art\" (Honour & Fleming, Macmillan, 1982) notes that\nthe original statue was erected at Pergamum (in Turkey) to commemorate a\nGreek victory in 230 BC over some invading \"Gauls\" (i.e. Celts) and that\n\"the event was celebrated in a series of statues of dead or dying Gauls,\nnow known only from later copies\". This source says also that the Museo\nCapitolino statue is a \"Roman copy of a bronze original of ca. 230-220\nBC\" and that the famous Altar of Zeus at Pergamum (now in Berlin) was\nerected 50 years after the battle, ca. 175 BC, as part of the same\ncomplex.\n\nMy ancient \"Oxford Companion to Classical Literature\" uses ‘Gaul’ to\nrefer only to French and northern Italian Celts. The Galatians were\nCelts who invaded Macedonia in 279 BC. Some of them moved eastwards into\nGreece and Asia Minor - hence the Pergamum connection. Although also\nknown as Gauls, they were apparently distinct from the western Celtic\ntribes. Hence \"Dying Galatian\" is the more accurate term.\n\nThe Palazzo Venezia, which I mentioned to you, is also part of the Museo\nNazionale Romano. It is a lovely intact Renaissance palace used as a\npainting and decorative arts gallery - some good stuff, especially\nceramics and 13th-16th century painting.\n\nRegards,\n\nJohn" } ], "dc:description" : [ { "type" : "string", "value" : "sculpture, plaster reproduction of classical (antique) Dying Galatian. In 1878, the Auckland Museum in Princes Street received a gift of 33 casts of antique statuary from a wealthy expatriate Aucklander, Thomas Russell. John Logan Campbell saw the opportunity to establish the first free school of art in Auckland to be located in the Museum. The statues were used as models for figure drawing. Other classical statues were subsequently donated.\n\n\nHellenistic, ca. 240-200 B.C.\nMale nude: Dying Gaul\nUnattributed\nBronze original at Pergamum is lost\nMarble copy: Capitoline Museum, Rome\nHeight 0.93 m.\nApplied Arts Collection*\nLogan Campbell Gallery\n\nThe Dying Gaul portrays a mortally wounded Gallic warrior fallen on his shield and is a frank depiction of the poignancy of defeat and death.\n\nThe composition of the larger-than-life sculpture combines the simplicity and restraint of the earlier Classical style with the realism and emotional impact of Hellenistic sculpture. The marble statue of the Dying Gaul seen in the Capitoline Museum is identified as a copy of an earlier bronze sculpture commissioned by King Attalus 1 of Pergamum. Attalus defeated an army of invading Gauls, the Galatians, in 241 B.C. and to mark this victory he erected statues of dying or captive Gauls in Pergamum and Athens.\n\nThe original sculpture of the Dying Gaul was erected at the sanctuary of Athena in the city Pergamum, as one of a circle of half-incumbent figures surrounding a central group featuring a despairing Gallic warrior and his dying wife.** The Dying Gaul is depicted in the prime of life. His body is muscular and he is naked except for a thick, twisted torque or collar around his neck. His tousled hair is cut short and he wears a moustache. A gaping wound is visible on his right side. A broken, curved trumpet lies beneath the Gaul's body. A baldric or sword belt, with a plain buckle, lies discarded together with a long-sword, under the Gaul's right hand. The sword blade is broken. The hilt is decorated with a scrolled crossguardand a pommel, or top-knob, in the shapeof an exotic animal head. The exhausted warrior is slowly falling into unconsciousness. His head is lowered and his face bears the grimace of deathas he struggles to support his upper body with his right arm.\n\nBibliography and notes:\nBoardman, Greek Art, pgs. 226-241: Hellenistic sculpture.\nBoardman, Greek Sculpture, gives a full account of Hellenistic sculpture.\nBlackley, Greek Sculptures in the Auckland War Memorial Museum, gives a full account of the replica statues in Auckland Museum.\n(Blackley, R. 1988. The Greek Statues in the Museum. Art New Zealand 48: 96-99).\n\nAnd what’s more, we appear to hold this serial (Location: NZ Collection Serials; Call No. ND1106 ART),\n\n*The plaster replica was made in the cast workshop of Brucciani's Galleria delle Belle Arti in Russell St, Covent, Garden London.\n** Marble copy in the Roman National Museum.\nStewart, Greek Sculpture.\n\nEducation Kit\n‘Ancient Greek And Roman Collections (Years 11 to 13)’\nAuckland Museum Te Papa Whakahiku\n© Auckland Museum 2002\n\n\n\nDying Gaul\nHellenistic ca. 240-200 B.C.\nMale nude: the Dying Gaul\nUnattributed\nBronze original at Pergamum is lost\nPlaster copy of a marble statue in the Capitoline\nMuseum, Rome\nHeight 0.93 m.\nApplied Arts Collection" } ], "dc:title" : [ { "type" : "string", "value" : "sculpture, plaster" } ], "ecrm:P108i_was_produced_by" : [ { "type" : "uri", "value" : "http://api.aucklandmuseum.com/id/humanhistory/object/53811/production" } ], "ecrm:P138_has_representation" : [ { "type" : "uri", "value" : "http://api.aucklandmuseum.com/id/media/v/19672" }, { "type" : "uri", "value" : "http://api.aucklandmuseum.com/id/media/v/19673" }, { "type" : "uri", "value" : "http://api.aucklandmuseum.com/id/media/v/19677" }, { "type" : "uri", "value" : "http://api.aucklandmuseum.com/id/media/v/19680" }, { "type" : "uri", "value" : "http://api.aucklandmuseum.com/id/media/v/19670" }, { "type" : "uri", "value" : "http://api.aucklandmuseum.com/id/media/v/19681" }, { "type" : "uri", "value" : "http://api.aucklandmuseum.com/id/media/v/19679" }, { "type" : "uri", "value" : "http://api.aucklandmuseum.com/id/media/v/19682" }, { "type" : "uri", "value" : "http://api.aucklandmuseum.com/id/media/v/19683" }, { "type" : "uri", "value" : "http://api.aucklandmuseum.com/id/media/v/19674" }, { "type" : "uri", "value" : "http://api.aucklandmuseum.com/id/media/v/19669" }, { "type" : "uri", "value" : "http://api.aucklandmuseum.com/id/media/v/19676" }, { "type" : "uri", "value" : "http://api.aucklandmuseum.com/id/media/v/19671" }, { "type" : "uri", "value" : "http://api.aucklandmuseum.com/id/media/v/19675" }, { "type" : "uri", "value" : "http://api.aucklandmuseum.com/id/media/v/19678" } ], "ecrm:P1_is_identified_by" : [ { "type" : "uri", "value" : "http://api.aucklandmuseum.com/id/humanhistory/object/53811/identifier" } ], "ecrm:P24i_changed_ownership_through" : [ { "type" : "uri", "value" : "http://api.aucklandmuseum.com/id/humanhistory/object/53811/acquisition/1" }, { "type" : "uri", "value" : "http://api.aucklandmuseum.com/id/humanhistory/object/53811/acquisition/2" } ], "ecrm:P43_has_dimension" : [ { "type" : "uri", "value" : "http://api.aucklandmuseum.com/id/humanhistory/object/53811/dimension/5" }, { "type" : "uri", "value" : "http://api.aucklandmuseum.com/id/humanhistory/object/53811/dimension/6" }, { "type" : "uri", "value" : "http://api.aucklandmuseum.com/id/humanhistory/object/53811/dimension/4" }, { "type" : "uri", "value" : "http://api.aucklandmuseum.com/id/humanhistory/object/53811/dimension/1" }, { "type" : "uri", "value" : "http://api.aucklandmuseum.com/id/humanhistory/object/53811/dimension/3" }, { "type" : "uri", "value" : "http://api.aucklandmuseum.com/id/humanhistory/object/53811/dimension/2" } ], "ecrm:P45_consists_of" : [ { "type" : "uri", "value" : "http://api.aucklandmuseum.com/id/humanhistory/object/53811/material/1" }, { "type" : "uri", "value" : "http://api.aucklandmuseum.com/id/humanhistory/object/53811/material/2" }, { "type" : "uri", "value" : "http://api.aucklandmuseum.com/id/humanhistory/object/53811/material/3" }, { "type" : "uri", "value" : "http://api.aucklandmuseum.com/id/humanhistory/object/53811/material/4" } ], "ecrm:P46i_forms_part_of" : [ { "type" : "uri", "value" : "http://api.aucklandmuseum.com/id/humanhistory/object/53811/collection" } ], "ecrm:P50_has_current_keeper" : [ { "type" : "uri", "value" : "http://api.aucklandmuseum.com/id/humanhistory/object/53811/keeper" } ], "ecrm:P51_has_current_owner" : [ { "type" : "uri", "value" : "http://api.aucklandmuseum.com/id/humanhistory/object/53811/legalBody" } ], "rdf:type" : [ { "type" : "uri", "value" : "ecrm:E22_Man-Made_Object" } ] }