The Dying Gaul Visits Washington

The Dying Gaul Visits Washington

This is well worth a visit. Having viewed this stunning sculpture up close and personal, I can honestly say that, other than pure portraiture, it may well be, along with the Terme Boxer, the most amazing piece of sculpture to have survived from the Roman world — putting aside arguments about them both being late Hellenistic as opposed to purely Roman.

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