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English: Head of the so-called “kneeling youthful Gaul”. Alabaster, Roman copy of the 1st–2nd century CE after a Pergamene original of the 3rd BC. Left hand and right arm are modern restorations.
Français : Tête du « jeune Gaulois du Louvre ». Albâtre, copie romaine du du Ier-IIe siècle d'après un original pergaménien du IIIe siècle av. J.-C. La main gauche et le bras droit sont des restaurations modernes.
Dimensions H. 97 cm (38 in.), W. 75 cm (29 ½ in.), D. 52 cm (20 ¼ in.)
institution QS:P195,Q19675
Current location
Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman antiquities, Sully, ground floor, room 17
Accession number
Ma 324 (MR 133)
Credit line Former Orsini, Farnese and Borghese Collection; purchase, 1807
Source/Photographer Marie-Lan Nguyen (2007)

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