The Tiber
Modelmodel attributed to
Martin Carlier
(French, died after 1700)
Possiblypossibly by
Jasquet Buviette
(French)
ClassificationsSCULPTURE
Date1690-1730
Mediumleaded bronze
Dimensions16 3/4 x 29 3/8 x 13 1/4 in., 100 lb. (42.5 x 74.6 x 33.7 cm., 45.4 kg.)
DescriptionEighteenth century after the antique in marble in the Louvre.
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Label TextThis sculpture represents the Tiber River as a muscular man reclining beside a she-wolf suckling Romulus and Remus, the mythical founders of the city of Rome. The figure holds a cornucopia in his right hand and, in his left, the oar with which he controls the tides.Status
On viewObject number11.2
Unknown, French, 18th Century
porcelain: 1300-1350, mounts: 1745-1749
Object number: 11.14
