# Arrius and Paeta

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## Artwork

- Artist: [LESPINGOLA, François](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lespingola-franois-r159af017963218>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Marble

## Commentary

The Gaul killing himself and his wife is a Phrygian marble group, also known as &#34;Ludovisi Gaul&#34;. 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.

## Related artworks

- [Arrius and Paeta](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lespingola-franois-r159af017963218/arrius-and-paeta-r719b10d6b716dd>)
- [Hercules Delivering the Erymanthean Boar to Eurystheus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lespingola-franois-r159af017963218/hercules-delivering-the-erymanthean-boar-to-eurystheus-r5d542b946c75f4>)
- [Three Children Playing with a Swan](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lespingola-franois-r159af017963218/three-children-playing-with-a-swan-r04fdffd0704d4d>)
- [Three Children Playing with a Swan](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lespingola-franois-r159af017963218/three-children-playing-with-a-swan-r6f3745358815ee>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)