Sculpture of the Lupa Capitolina suckling the twins Romulus and Remus, Lupae Romulum et Remum lactatis image Romae in Capito, Antique sculptures in Rome, Antiquarum statuarum urbis Romae quae in publicis locis visuntur icones, print, album page, Caption in Latin. Print is part of an album., number: '32', printmaker, publisher, Rome, Italy, paper, engraving, height 134 mm x width 224 mm, After an image in the Capitoline Museums in Rome. This print is part of a set of 79 prints (title print) with representations of ancient sculptures in Rome., piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture, Romulus and Remus are washed ashore and suckled by a she-wolf, 'Lupa Romana', A detailed engraving shows a large animal standing on a rectangular plinth, the animal depicted with a shaggy mane around its head, pointed ears, and an open mouth with visible teeth, its body rendered with linear shading and a series of teats hanging beneath its belly; beneath the animal two naked infants sit on t...
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Sculpture of the Lupa Capitolina suckling the twins Romulus and Remus, Lupae Romulum et Remum lactatis image Romae in Capito, Antique sculptures in Rome, Antiquarum statuarum urbis Romae quae in publicis locis visuntur icones, print, album page, Caption in Latin. Print is part of an album., number: '32', printmaker, publisher, Rome, Italy, paper, engraving, height 134 mm x width 224 mm, After an image in the Capitoline Museums in Rome. This print is part of a set of 79 prints (title print) with representations of ancient sculptures in Rome., piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture, Romulus and Remus are washed ashore and suckled by a she-wolf, 'Lupa Romana', A detailed engraving shows a large animal standing on a rectangular plinth, the animal depicted with a shaggy mane around its head, pointed ears, and an open mouth with visible teeth, its body rendered with linear shading and a series of teats hanging beneath its belly; beneath the animal two naked infants sit on the plinth, one reclining with an arm raised and the other seated more upright with long hair and both making small hand gestures, all figures rendered in fine line work with crosshatching and parallel lines filling the background.

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Sculpture Lupa Capitolina suckling twins Romulus Remus Lupae Romulum et Remum lactatis image Romae Capito Antique sculptures Rome Antiquarum statuarum urbis Romae quae publicis locis visuntur icones print album page Caption Latin Print part album number 32 printmaker publisher Italy paper engraving height 134 mm x width 224 mm image Capitoline Museums set 79 prints title print representations ancient sculptures piece sculpture reproduction Romulus washed ashore suckled -wolf Lupa Romana detailed engraving large animal standing rectangular plinth animal depicted shaggy mane head pointed ears open mouth visible teeth body rendered linear shading series teats hanging beneath belly animal two naked infants sit plinth reclining arm raised seated upright long hair small hand gestures figures rendered fine line work crosshatching parallel lines filling background

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