The Capitoline Wolf Suckling Romulus and Remus

Provenance

Gustave Dreyfus [1837-1914], Paris; his estate; purchased 1930 by (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London and New York); purchased 1945 by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York; gift 1957 to NGA.

The Capitoline Wolf Suckling Romulus and Remus

Florentine 15th Century

15th century

Accession Number

1957.14.72

Medium

bronze//Black lacquer over medium brown bronze

Dimensions

overall: 8.57 × 10.64 × 4.76 cm (3 3/8 × 4 3/16 × 1 7/8 in.)

Classification

Sculpture

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection