The Altemps Palace, National Roman Museum In Rome, Italy Editorial Image

Ludovisi Gaul Killing Himself and His Wife in the Altemps Palace National Roman Museum in Rome Italy. The wonderful sculpture also known as “Galatian Suicide” or “Galata Ludovisi” origins from the Ludovisi collection and is a Roman copy of the early 2nd century AD, of a Hellenistic original, ca 230-20 BC. Located near Piazza Navona the Altemps Palace is one of the most interesting examples of Renaissance architecture in Rome. Erected during the fifteenth century by the Riario family and refurbished a century later under the orders of Cardinal Marco Sittico Altemps, Palazzo Altemps since 1997 it is one of the four seats of the National Roman Museum. The Palazzo Altemps houses an important collection of Greek and Roman sculpture that belonged to several families of the Roman nobility between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.