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Capitoline She-wolf

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c. 500 BCE or c. 800 CE (Boys underneath, 15th century CE). Bronze, height 33-1/2" (85 cm). Museo Capitolino, Rome.

The ferocious she-wolf has been considered an outstanding example of Etruscan bronze sculpture.
It is believed to be symbolic of the story of Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome.
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