Cleveland Museum of Art
Wolf-Head Barge Fixture
- Date
- 1–100 CE
- Medium
- bronze
- Culture
- Italy, Rome
- Department
- Greek and Roman Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 152710
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
This snarling wolf head is closely similar to others that were attached to a luxurious pleasure barge moored on Lake Nemi, near Rome. The ship was designed as a floating platform for elaborate parties, and included impressive bronze fittings to ornament the wooden structure. Beam ends were capped with lion, panther, and wolf heads, each with a large bronze ring between its teeth. The wolf is an important symbol of Rome, having reared its mythical founders, Romulus and Remus.
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- Credit line
- Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
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