A tense she-wolf with alert ears and glaring eyes suckles the twins Romulus and Remus, legendary founders of Rome. Long taken for an Etruscan bronze of about 480 BCE, the wolf has been radiocarbon-dated to 1021–1153 CE, and the question remains open. The twins are certainly Renaissance additions, made around the time Pope Sixtus IV moved the wolf to the Capitoline in 1471.
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Wolf and babies are made in completely different styles: she stands stiff and watchful, they are absorbed in feeding. The twins are often credited to Antonio del Pollaiuolo.
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