Antique Grand Tour bronze of she Wolf with Romulus and Remus. Here, the figure of the wolf is likely modeled after the sculpture of the wolf by Antonio Federighi de Tolomei in Sienna. The famous sculpture of the she-wolf and the infants now in the Musei Capitolini, Rome was described by Cicero, due to the presence of damage to the sculpture’s paw. It was believed to correspond to the lighting strike of 65 BC. A very fine quality bronze with lovely rich green and brown patination and the modelling with superb definition. The two brothers below the wolf are also well modelled. There is pleasing bleeding of the patination where one would expect, on the wolf's flanks, through handling, giving a really excellent colour. Extremely finely cast, set on a piece of black marble. Italian circa 1820 17cm Long by 8.5cm deep and 13.5cm high