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Gallic Chieftain Killing Himself and his Wife. Roman Copy after bronze original from Pergamon

ArtistEpigonos ?
Artist Info.Greece
ViewTotal from the front
Dateca. 230-220 BC
SubjectSculpture
PeriodGreek Hellenistic Period
Materialmarble
Dimensionsca.207 cm high
CollectionItaly, Rome, Museo Nazionale Romano
Add'l. Info.comissioned by Julius Caesar to celebrate his victory over the Gauls
Saskia No.Jgc-1200
SourceGardner, Art Through the Ages, 11th ed., chapter 5, plate 80
 Stokstad, Marilyn, Art History, 2nd ed., chapter 5, plate 74