Romulus and Remus, the legendary founders of Rome, are presented here, as they typically are, being suckled by a she-wolf. According to legend, the twins were thrown into the Tiber River as infants. They were saved from drowning by a she-wolf who raised the children as her own. Romulus went on to become the first king of Rome.

The broad leaves and flowers - called "bocage" - and the figure of the bird behind the she-wolf, as well as the ornate grassy mound on which the figures are placed, represent an effort to place the classical subject within a realistic wooded landscape.

2003 - 2004: "Clay Bodies: Staffordshire Figurative Ceramics from the Collection of Dr. & Mrs. Leslie Dornfeld," October 4, 2003 - April 4, 2004, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California

Representational Earthenware sculpture

This object has the following keywords:

• Animals
• Birds
• Ceramics
• Clay
• Decorative
• Earthenware
• Enamel
• European
• Figures
• Flowers
• Glazed
• Realism
• Sculpture
• Staffordshire
• Trees

• H: 7; W: 7 1/2; D: 6 1/2 inches Dimensions: 7 x 7 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (17.78 x 19.05 x 16.51 cm)

• Owner Name: Dr. and Mrs. Leslie Dornfeld
  Role: collectors
  Place: Los Angeles, California
  Dates: 2005
  
  

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