4888 x 3666 px | 41,4 x 31 cm | 16,3 x 12,2 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
März 2014
Ort:
Rome, Italy
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Dieses Bild kann kleinere Mängel aufweisen, da es sich um ein historisches Bild oder ein Reportagebild handel
This bronze wolf had been thought, for centuries, to date to the Etruscans, 7th-century B.C. The twins boys represent Romulus and Remus and it was certain that they date to the time of the Renaissance. According to tradition, Romulus, the legendary founder of Rome, along with his brother Remus, had been cast adrift on the Tiber by their great uncle who had usurped the throne from their father. A she-wolf found them and suckled them. The shepherd Faustulus later found them and brought the boys home to his wife. It has been known in more modern times as the Capitoline Wolf as it has been housed in Rome's Capitoline Museum since 1471. Tests on some fragments of castings in the interior of the wolf, whose results were made known in 2012, appear to date to sometime between 1021-1153. Further, the wolf itself seems to be a copy of this later wolf and dates to around the 1400s. What is also true is that the ancient Romans referred to a statue in this form, even saying that it was struck by lightning in 65 B.C.
