The Capitoline Wolf

3D Image

by Geoffrey Marchal
published on 06 October 2016

The Capitoline wolf by Geoffrey Marchal on Sketchfab

The Capitoline wolf (ref 837), Etruscan, 450 BCE (or perhaps later). The wolf (Lupa Capitolina) is a bronze sculpture of a she-wolf suckling twin human infants - Romulus and Remus, traditional founders of Rome. The latter two figures were added in the 15th century CE. (Palazzo Conservatori, Rome)

Made with Memento Beta (now Remake) from Autodesk.

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