Description
Figure of high quality made in reconstituted marble (marble dust bonded with resin). Decoration of imitation in bronze. The extraordinary completion gives the statue a very real appearance of antique bronze.
Measurements: Width: 20 cm. Depth: 9 cm.
Total height including base: 14.7 cm.
Approx. weight: 1 kg.
This statue can not be exposed to the weather (not for outdoor use). Ideal for decoration or as a gift.
The Capitoline Wolf is a bronze sculpture of a she-wolf suckling twin infants, the statue is inspired by the legend of the founding of Rome. According to legend, when Numitor, grandfather of the twins Romulus and Remus, was overthrown by his brother Amulius, the usurper ordered the twins to throw into the river Tiber. They were rescued by a she-wolf who took care of them until a herdsman, Faustulus, the two children found. The Capitoline Wolf is located since 1471 in the Palazzo dei Conservatori on the Campidoglio (the ancient Capitoline Hill), Rome, Italy.
Cristina –
A fantastic figure. Very well made, it looks like bronze, loved the detail of it.