Laurentian Sow | |
Artist: | Unknown |
Year: | 1839 (marble, 1959) |
Type: | Marble |
Height Metric: | 46 |
Length Metric: | 75 |
Metric Unit: | cm |
Imperial Unit: | in |
City: | Copenhagen |
Museum: | Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek |
The Laurentian Sow is a 1st or 2nd century AD Roman marble sculpture of a sow with feeding suckling pigs, now on display in the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The relates to the story of Aeneas according to a prophecy of a priest of Apollo. Æneas lands on the shores of Old Latium with his son Ascanius behind him; on the left, a sow tells him where to found his city.[1]
The sculpture was acquired by the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek on 1 January 1909.[2]