Laurentian Sow (sculpture)

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.

Iconography
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.

History
The sculpture was acquired by the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek on 1 January 1909.