The Ludovisi Gaul

A Gallic chieftain driving a sword into his own chest while holding up his dead wife, rather than be captured. The Roman copy is in the Museo Nazionale Romano; a companion piece to the Dying Gaul.

Artist: After a Hellenistic original
Date: c. 230–220 BC
Material: Plaster cast
Location: SMK, Copenhagen
Category: Figures, groups
File source: SMK