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WINGED BULL - Movieland Wax Museum

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WINGED BULL  - Movieland Wax Museum
WINGED BULL - A reproduction of the original on display at the Louvre Museum in Paris, France. Approximate Size is 73" length x 55" height." This relief of enameled, polychrome bricks found at Susa (Iran) is of a winged bull passant. The bull is the symbol of the constructive force of the Achaemenian Persian empire. The Susian bull, an image of strength and power, protection and defense, personifies the royal authority. A winged bull with a fine white coat walks proudly toward the right. With its head drawn into its neck and stiff-legged walking gait, the bull's body is animated by the movement of its raised tail. Set off against a background of blue bricks, the white coat of the bull is colored here and there with green and yellow and the blue of the curved wing and little curls along the neck, breast, back and belly. Its round eye is also vividly heightened with blue, as is the line of the nose and the cheek. The bull's gilded horn points foreward, the other hidden by the perfect profile of the subject. The animal's walking gait, with both right legs advancing together, contrary to the natural movement, is a common artistic convention.