Arrius and Paeta
by LESPINGOLA, François, Marble
The Gaul killing himself and his wife is a Phrygian marble group, also known as “Ludovisi Gaul”. It is a Roman copy of the early 2nd century CE after a bronze Hellenistic original of ca. 230-220 BCE. Lespingola copied the group, then known as Arrius and Paeta, in Rome in 1684 for Versailles.