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Title	Capitoline Wolf.
Creator	Pollaiolo, Antonio del (Italian painter, sculptor, and goldsmith, born 1431 or 1432, died 1498)
Date	500-480 BCE?
Cultural Context	Etruscan Italian European Western European
Style/Period	Etruscan Late Etruscan Renaissance
Subject	Statues Myths Legends Wolves Animals Children Infants Boys Twins Kings Rulers Nudes Genitals Breasts Breast feeding
Description	From Rome, Italy. "The suckling infants are additions by the Italian Renaissance sculptor Antonio Pollaiulo." (Kleiner, p.241)
People Pictured	Remus (Twin of Romulus, King of Rome) Romulus, King of Rome Roman she-wolf (Legendary character)
Material	Bronze (metal) Metal
Measurements	Approx. 2' 7 1/2" high
Technique	Sculpting Metalworking Casting (process) Engraving (action)
Work Type	Sculpture Statues Bronzes (objects) Metalwork
Repository	Palazzo dei Conservatori (Rome, Italy) Musei Capitolini (Rome, Italy)
Source	Kleiner, Fred S., and Christin J. Mamiya. Gardner's Art Through the Ages. 12th ed. Belmont, CA: Thomson/Wadsworth, 2005. (fig.9-10, p.241)
Rights	Photo/illustration credit/reproduced in Kleiner courtesy: © Araldo de Luca/Corbis.
Digital Publisher	University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format	image/jpeg
Digital File Name	VRC 987-06.jpg
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