Tim Saltwell Antiques has dated this Bronze Capitoline Wolf Sculpture to the 19th Century.
Height 2 3/8“ (6cm)
Width 3 7/8“ (9.7cm)
Depth 1 5/8“ (4.1cm)
Italian
Circa 1840
La Lupa Capitolina “the Capitoline Wolf”. Traditional scholarship says the wolf-figure is Etruscan, 5th century BC. The figures of Romulus and Remus were added in the 15th century AD by Antonio Pollaiuolo.
The work’s attribution attests to the enduring nature of the myth.
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Tim Saltwell Antiques has dated this Bronze Capitoline Wolf Sculpture to the 19th Century.
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Bronze Capitoline Wolf Suckling Romulus & Remus
