The Chimera of Arezzo

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Author name
Matthew Brennan
Source
Sketchfab
Polygon Count
558,190
Release Date
2016-06-02
License
Standard

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The **Chimera of Arezzo** is an ancient **Etruscan** bronze currently in the Florence Archaeological Museum, and dated to circa **400 BCE.** The sculpture depicts the mythological **Chimera**, a hybrid animal consisting of a lion, with a goats head emerging from its back, and a tail in the form of a snake. The bronze was unearthed in **1553** and claimed for the Medici collections in Florence. On the right foreleg of the lion is an inscription, implying that the sculpture served a votive purpose in antiquity. ![](http://i.imgur.com/xDx220y.jpg)