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A wounded, enslaved nude male reclining on a shield next to a sword and trumpet.
Dying Gaul
A wounded, enslaved nude male reclining on a shield next to a sword and trumpet.
A wounded, enslaved nude male reclining on a shield next to a sword and trumpet.
Dying Gaul, Giovanni Lucignani, 1883, plaster cast, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia.

Dying Gaul

Maker (Italian)
Date1883
MediumPlaster cast
DimensionsSculpture: 35 × 75 inches (88.9 × 190.5 cm)
Pedestal: 34 7/8 × 43 1/8 × 82 15/16 inches (88.6 × 109.5 × 210.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase.
Object number1883.15
On View
On view
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