Capitoline Wolf

This cast is a direct copy from the original sculpture of the Capitoline Wolf (ORIG3423) housed at The Musei Capitolini, Rome. The sculpture depicts a mythical she-wolf suckling the twins Romulus and Remus, from the legend of the foudning of Rome. When Numitor, grandfather of the twins, was overthrown by his brother Amulius, the usurper ordered them to be cast into the Tiber River. They were rescued by a she-wolf who cared for them until a herdsman, Faustulus, found and raised them. The age an