File:Romolo e remo.jpg

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Summary

Artist



Alternative names	Rubens, Pierre Paul Rubens, Pieter Paul Rubens, Sir Peter Paul Rubens
Description	Southern Netherlandish painter, sculptor, draughtsman and printmaker
Date of birth/death	28 June 1577	30 May 1640
Location of birth/death	Siegen	Antwerp
Work location	Antwerp (1589-1600), Mantua (9 May 1600-1608), Spain (1603), Antwerp (1608-1640), Netherlands (1612), Paris (23 May 1623-29 June 1623, 4 February 1625-9 June 1625), Calais (November 1626), Paris (December 1626), Brussels (1627), Netherlands (10 July 1627-6 August 1627), Spain (26 August 1628-29 April 1629), London (18 May 1629-23 March 1630), Brussels (1631), Netherlands (November 1631), Affligem (September 1634)
Authority control	WorldCat

Title

Romolo e Remo allattati dalla Lupa

Date

circa 1616

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

210 × 212 cm (82.7 × 83.5 in)

Current location

Capitoline Museums

	Native name	Musei Capitolini
	Location	Rome, Italy
	Coordinates	41° 53′ 35.00″ N, 12° 28′ 57.00″ E
	Established	1471
	Website	museicapitolini.org

Sala di Santa Petronilla (sala VII)

Credit line

user:GiacomoSergio

Notes

The painting depicts Shepherd Faustolo (on the right) finding Romulus and Remus nursed by a wolf (centre). An old man (symbolizing the Tevere river) and a woman ( Rea Silva, mother of Romolo and Remo) assist the scene on the left.

Source/Photographer

Own work

Licensing

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