“The Trumpeter” The Dying Gaul, an ancient Roman copy of a lost bronze statue from the Hellenistic Period, is found today in the Capitoline Museum. The Dying Gaul, a statue made out of marble, measuring three feet and six inches high and approximately six feet and seven inches in length, lies on an oval shield with a trumpet near his right hand. Portraying a realism form of art, the off-white statue portrays the man in different axis points. The legs are at a profile with the upper body at a more right angle, and the head also at a right angle, but facing toward the ground. Most of the object seems smooth but there is great detail in the vein work within the feet and lower arms. The Dying Gaul, which was originally created approximately around
