LaurieAnnie's photos with the keyword: Gaul

Marble statue of a fighting Gaul Greek, Late Hellenistic, 2nd or 1st century BC Said to be from Cerveteri, Italy Accession # 08.258.48 This figure can be identified by its trousers as one of the barbarian enemies that the Romans faced on their northern borders. The Celts or Gauls, a diverse array of tribes with a common culture, were settled in much of Europe, and Germanic tribes inhabited the area beyond the Danube and the Rhine. Although all these peoples wore tight-fitting trousers, this figure probably represented a Celt because of the carefully detailed sword belt suspended from his waist, with holes for a metal scabbard at the right side. We know from ancient literary descriptions and the archaeological evidence from tombs that the Celts were especially noted for their use of long cutting swords that hung at their right side from chain belts. The Celts harried the Mediterranean world intermittently from the late fourth century until they were subdued in Gaul by Julius Caesar in the mid-first century BC. Famous statues of the barbarian warriors had been erected by the rulers of the Hellenistic city of Pergamon in western Asia Minor after their victories over invading Gallic tribes in the third century BC. Those statues, preserved in Roman copies, represented the Gauls in the nude in various defensive or defeated poses. This work, which shows a fully dressed fighter in an attacking stance, was perhaps part of a monument commissioned from Greek sculptors by a Roman general who had been victorious in a campaign on the northern frontier. Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

Marble statue of a fighting Gaul Greek, Late Hellenistic, 2nd or 1st century BC Said to be from Cerveteri, Italy Accession # 08.258.48 This figure can be identified by its trousers as one of the barbarian enemies that the Romans faced on their northern borders. The Celts or Gauls, a diverse array of tribes with a common culture, were settled in much of Europe, and Germanic tribes inhabited the area beyond the Danube and the Rhine. Although all these peoples wore tight-fitting trousers, this figure probably represented a Celt because of the carefully detailed sword belt suspended from his waist, with holes for a metal scabbard at the right side. We know from ancient literary descriptions and the archaeological evidence from tombs that the Celts were especially noted for their use of long cutting swords that hung at their right side from chain belts. The Celts harried the Mediterranean world intermittently from the late fourth century until they were subdued in Gaul by Julius Caesar in the mid-first century BC. Famous statues of the barbarian warriors had been erected by the rulers of the Hellenistic city of Pergamon in western Asia Minor after their victories over invading Gallic tribes in the third century BC. Those statues, preserved in Roman copies, represented the Gauls in the nude in various defensive or defeated poses. This work, which shows a fully dressed fighter in an attacking stance, was perhaps part of a monument commissioned from Greek sculptors by a Roman general who had been victorious in a campaign on the northern frontier. Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

Marble statue of a fighting Gaul Greek, Late Hellenistic, 2nd or 1st century BC Said to be from Cerveteri, Italy Accession # 08.258.48 This figure can be identified by its trousers as one of the barbarian enemies that the Romans faced on their northern borders. The Celts or Gauls, a diverse array of tribes with a common culture, were settled in much of Europe, and Germanic tribes inhabited the area beyond the Danube and the Rhine. Although all these peoples wore tight-fitting trousers, this figure probably represented a Celt because of the carefully detailed sword belt suspended from his waist, with holes for a metal scabbard at the right side. We know from ancient literary descriptions and the archaeological evidence from tombs that the Celts were especially noted for their use of long cutting swords that hung at their right side from chain belts. The Celts harried the Mediterranean world intermittently from the late fourth century until they were subdued in Gaul by Julius Caesar in the mid-first century BC. Famous statues of the barbarian warriors had been erected by the rulers of the Hellenistic city of Pergamon in western Asia Minor after their victories over invading Gallic tribes in the third century BC. Those statues, preserved in Roman copies, represented the Gauls in the nude in various defensive or defeated poses. This work, which shows a fully dressed fighter in an attacking stance, was perhaps part of a monument commissioned from Greek sculptors by a Roman general who had been victorious in a campaign on the northern frontier. Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

Title: Offering Box (Arca) and Key Artist/Maker: Unknown Culture: Gallo-Roman Places: Roman Empire (Place Created), Eastern Gaul (France), France (Place Found) Date: about A.D. 130–180 Medium: Bronze Object Number: 95.AC.29 Dimensions: 51 cm (20 1/16 in.) Credit Line: Gift of Barbara and Lawrence Fleischman Alternate Title: Offering Box and Key (Display Title) Department: Antiquities Classification: Vessels Object Type: Key Resting on a base supported by lions' paws, this bronze arca or offering box takes the form of a miniature hexagonal structure. A roof composed of six curved sections surmounts the six joined panels forming the body. A cutting on the top of the roof served as a deposit slot, and traces on either side of this slot show that a statuette originally stood on the top of the offering box. In order to empty the box, a small door on one side opened with a key. This offering box is said to have been found in France, in the Roman province of Gaul, along with the Pair of Portrait Busts and the Statuette of Mars/Cobannus. These pieces were probably displayed together in a local shrine of the Iuventus, a Roman youth organization. The offering box may have held the monthly dues of the members. Text from: www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/29623/unknown-maker-offering-box-arca-and-key-gallo-roman-about-ad-130-180