Boar
Format
TIFF
Start date
200 B.C.
End date
1 B.C.
Historical period
1st millennium B.C.
Description
Statue of a male boar that has been woken by the approach of the hunter and frightened. The animal sits up on its front legs, Roman copy after an Hellenistic bronze original. The sculpture was discovered in Rome on the Esquiline in 1556.
Language
zxx
Physical type
Medium
Size
0.95 m
Material and technique
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