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Home>Exhibitions>Past>2013>The Dying Gaul: An Ancient Roman Masterpiece from the Capitoline Museum, Rome

# The Dying Gaul: An Ancient Roman Masterpiece from the Capitoline Museum, Rome

December 12, 2013 – March 16, 2014West Building, Rotunda

Dying Gaul 
*Dying Gaul*, 1st or 2nd century AD, marble, Sovrintendenza Capitolina - Musei Capitolini, Rome, Italy. Photo by Rob Shelley

 

Dying Gaul 
*Dying Gaul* (detail), 1st or 2nd century AD, marble, Sovrintendenza Capitolina – Musei Capitolini, Rome, Italy. Photo by Rob Shelley.

Dying Gaul 
*Dying Gaul*(detail), 1st or 2nd century AD, marble, Sovrintendenza Capitolina – Musei Capitolini, Rome, Italy. Photo by Rob Shelley.

Dying Gaul 
*Dying Gaul*(detail), 1st or 2nd century AD, marble, Sovrintendenza Capitolina – Musei Capitolini, Rome, Italy. Photo by Rob Shelley.

Dying Gaul 
*Dying Gaul* (detail), 1st or 2nd century AD, marble, Sovrintendenza Capitolina – Musei Capitolini, Rome, Italy. Photo by Rob Shelley.

Dying Gaul 
*Dying Gaul*(detail), 1st or 2nd century AD, marble, Sovrintendenza Capitolina – Musei Capitolini, Rome, Italy. Photo by Rob Shelley

Dying Gaul 
*Dying Gaul* (detail), 1st or 2nd century AD, marble, Sovrintendenza Capitolina – Musei Capitolini, Rome, Italy. Photo by Rob Shelley.

**This exhibition is no longer on view at the National Gallery.**

 Created in the first or second century AD, the *Dying Gaul* is one of the most renowned works from antiquity. This exhibition marks the first time it has left Italy since 1797, when Napoleonic forces took the sculpture to Paris, where it was displayed at the Louvre until its return to Rome in 1816. A universally recognized masterpiece, the *Dying Gaul* is a deeply moving celebration of the human spirit.****

**Organization:** Organized by Roma Capitale, Sovrintendenza Capitolina – Musei Capitolini, and the National Gallery of Art, together with the Embassy of Italy, Washington. It is part of The Dream of Rome and *2013—The Year of Italian Culture in the United States*, which is organized under the auspices of the President of the Italian Republic by The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Embassy of Italy in Washington, in collaboration with the Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali.

**Brochure:**The Dying Gaul: An Ancient Roman Masterpiece from the Capitoline Museum, Rome, by Susan M. Arensberg, Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2013.

                  - Press Event: The Dying Gaul: An Ancient Roman Masterpiece from the Capitoline Museum, Rome
                  -                                     Audio, Released:                                    December 12, 2013, (30:28 minutes)                                

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