| Romulus and Remus | |
| Artist: | Peter Paul Rubens |
| Year: | 1615–1616 |
| Medium: | Oil on canvas |
| Height Metric: | 210 |
| Width Metric: | 212 |
| Metric Unit: | cm |
| Imperial Unit: | in |
| Museum: | Pinacoteca Capitolina |
| City: | Rome |
Romulus and Remus is a painting by the Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens.[1] It is housed in the Pinacoteca Capitolina in Rome, Italy. It depicts the brothers Romulus and Remus being cared for by a wolf. The painting also shows the god of the Tiber river sitting on his urn, a woodpecker that watched over the twins to bring them food, and a shepherd discovering the infants.