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The Capitoline Wolf (Lupa Capitolina). Bronze sculpture of a she-wolf showing Romulus and Remus as suckling infants. Inspired by the legend of the founding of Rome. Although always has been dated as an Etruscan sculpture, 5th century B.C., recent studies shows the she-wolf may be sculpted in the Middle Ages.The twins' sculptures are dated in the Renaissance. The Capitoline Museums. Rome. Italy.
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The Capitoline Wolf (Lupa Capitolina). Bronze sculpture of a she-wolf showing Romulus and Remus as suckling infants. Inspired by the legend of the founding of Rome. Although always has been dated as an Etruscan sculpture, 5th century B.C., recent studies shows the she-wolf may be sculpted in the Middle Ages.The twins' sculptures are dated in the Renaissance. The Capitoline Museums. Rome. Italy.
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Album / Prisma
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Image size:
4288 x 2848 px | 34.9 MB
Print size:
36.3 x 24.1 cm | 14.3 x 9.5 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
5TH BCE • 5TH CENTURY B. C. • 5TH-CENTURY BC • 6TH BCE • 6TH CENTURY B. C. • 6TH CENTURY BC • ADOLESCENCE • ANCIENT AGE • ANIMAL SCULPTURE • ANIMAL • ART • ARTFORM: BRONZEWORK • ARTS • BABIES, NURSING • BABY • BOYS • BREAST-FEED • BREASTFEEDING • BRONCE • BRONZE BRASS • BRONZE • BRONZES • BROTHER • CAPITLINOS MUSEUMS • CAPITOLINE SHE-WOLF • CAPITOLINE WOLF • CAPITOLINE • CHILD • CHILDHOOD • CHILDREN • CULT • CULT, ETRUSCAN • EARLY MIDDLE AGES • ETRURIAN • ETRUSCAN MYTH • ETRUSCAN • ETRUSCANS • EUROPE • FIFTH CENTURY B. C. • FIFTH CENTURY BC • FOUNDATION HISTORY ROME • FOUNDING OF ROME • FOUNDING • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORY • INFANT • INFANTE • ITALIA • ITALY • KID • LEGEND (STORY) • LEGEND • LITTLE GIRL • LOBO • LUPA CAPITOLINA • LUPERCA • LUPERCAL • LUPERCE • MAMALS • MEDIAEVAL • MEDIEVAL • MEDIOEVO • MIDDLE AGE • MIDDLE AGES • MOYEN AGE • MUSEUM PIECE • MYTH • MYTHOLOGY • NURSE • NURSING (BABY) • NURSING CHILDREN • OFFSPRING • PERIOD: RENAISSANCE • REMUS • RENAISSANCE • RITE • RITUAL • ROMAN • ROMANO • ROMANS • ROME CAPITAL • ROME CITY • ROME • ROMULUS AND REMUS • ROMULUS&REMUS • ROMULUS • SCULPTED • SCULPTURE • SHE WOLF • STATUE • STATUES • SUCK • SUCKLE • SUCKLING (BABY) • SUCKLING • TWIN SISTERS • TWIN • WATER • WOLF • YOUTH
