A cast of the Dying Gaul

3D Model

This cast of the original object is in the Museum of Classical Archaeology in Cambridge.

Thanks to the art historian Winckelmann, the Dying Gaul was formerly called a gladiator; but with his moustache and neck torque he is clearly what the Roman historian Diodorus called a “shaggy haired gaul”. The sculpture is a Roman copy of one of the Hellenistic bronze figures erected at Pergamon by King Attalos 1st (241-197 BCE) commemorating his victories. Despite celebrating triumph, the dignified pathos of the defeated “barbarians” is preserved.

https://museum.classics.cam.ac.uk/collections/casts/dying-gaul

Location of Original: Rome, Capitoline Museum, Stanza del Gladiatore 1

Size: 0.73 x 0.93m Accession: Purchased in 1884 from Brucciani of London

A scan of 180 images I made in June 2018, processed 10/11/2022 using Reality Capture. Raw data attached to this model download to make your own (c. 1GB) Uploaded at high poly count, so you can DWYW with it.

Images CC0, model CC-BY as I can’t set it to Zero.