Romulus and Remus (Rubens)

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Romulus and Remus
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Artist Peter Paul Rubens
Year1615–1616
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions210 cm× 212 cm(83 in× 83 in)
Location Pinacoteca Capitolina, Rome

Romulus and Remus is a painting by the Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens. [1] It is housed in the Pinacoteca Capitolina in Rome, Italy. [1] It depicts the brothers Romulus and Remus being cared for by a wolf. The painting also shows the god of the Tiber river sitting on his urn, a woodpecker that watched over the twins to bring them food, and a shepherd discovering the infants.

Notes

  1. 1 2 Néret, Gilles (2005). "Painter, Courtier, and Envoy 1600–1620". Peter Paul Rubens: The Homer of Painting . Taschen. p. 37. ISBN   3-8228-2885-8 . Retrieved 27 November 2021.