The original of this work was sculpted to commemorate the victory of the Greek Kingdom of Peragammon over a tribe of invading Gauls. It portrays a fatally wounded Gallic warrior who supports himself on one arm before succumbing to his wounds. The sculptor has endowed the Dying Gaul with a nobility of spirit which inspired the poet Byron to write, "he consents to death, yet conquers agony." The 3rd century B.C. bronze original of this work has been lost but a fine marble copy exists in Capioline Museum, Rome.