Pair of bronze statuettes of a lion and a double-headed lion

Unknown

ca. 550–500 BCE · Bronze · Greek and Roman Art

These three solid-cast lions are said to have been found together. Certainly they are closely related both in style and technique of manufacture. They likely ornamented a larger object, perhaps a brazier, which was almost certainly made of iron, since fragments of iron plate and several iron rivets remain attached to the bronze lions.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 550–500 BCE

Medium

Bronze

Culture

Etruscan

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Norbert Schimmel Trust, 1989