A freestanding, bronze she-wolf stands as two male infants attempt to nurse at her teats in this sculpture. In this photograph, the wolf stands sideways facing our left with her head turned to look at us, eight teats hanging heavily along her underside. Her eyes and brows are represented with ridges but her features are worn. Her jaws are slightly open, and her lean body is partly covered by tight clusters curls around her head, neck, and along her back. Beneath her, the boys are roughly modeled or perhaps also worn. They both appear to sit on rocks as they tilt their heads back and spread…
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The Capitoline Wolf Suckling Romulus and Remus

Florentine 15th Century

15th century

Medium
bronze//Black lacquer over medium brown bronze
Classification
Sculpture
Dimensions
overall: 8.57 × 10.64 × 4.76 cm (3 3/8 × 4 3/16 × 1 7/8 in.)
Culture
Florentine
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CSD
Credit line
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Kids profiles and older: it shows nature, places, still life or a children's book. How works are placed

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