# Rea Silvia [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [QUERCIA, Jacopo della]() - Date: 1401-1450 - Technique: Marble, height 162 cm ## Commentary The Fonte Gaia in Siena included allusions to the city's Roman history and Christian virtues, culminating in the central Madonna and Child. While most of the sculpture was in relief, two freestanding figures formed part of the Roman iconography: Acca Larentia, the goatherd's wife who cared for the young Romulus and Remus, and Rea Silvia, their mother. The latter was carved from Jacopo della Quercia's model by his collaborator Francesco di Valdambrino. ## Related artworks - [Acca Larentia]() - [Acca Larentia]() - [Acca Larentia]() - [Angel of the Annunciation]() - [Angel of the Annunciation]() - [Annunciation]() - [Annunciation]() - [Baptismal font: Annunciation to Zacharias]() - [Baptismal font: Annunciation to Zacharias]() - [Baptismal font: Prophet]() - [Baptismal font: Prophet]() - [Baptismal font: Prophet]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()