Skip to main contentDescriptionSculpture of a standing bighorn mountain sheep, head slightly turned to the left. Original Version. One sheep depicted.
Curatorial Remarks
The Mountain Ram
Alternate Title(s)
- Ram Sheep
Artist/Maker
Carl Rungius
United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1915
MediumBronze
Dimensions16 5/8 x 7 x 18 in. (42.2 x 17.8 x 45.7 cm)
Credit LineJKM Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberW1994.023
ClassificationsSculpture
Signed
top of base, forward of ram's left hind hoof,
C. Rungius
Inscribed
right middle side of base,
© CR 1915 [number very faint]
Inscribed
left rear side of base,
ROMAN BRONZE WORKS N-Y-
Keyword
Subject
Region
Categorywildlife
SignedSigned
InscribedSigned C. Rungius on base
On View
On viewCuratorial Remarks
To date, three casts of the original version of the Mountain Ram have been located. These casts have a faint 1915 after the © CR logo. These sheep also measure 10 1/2 inches from the bottom of the right rear hoof to the top of the rump.
The revised version, 1916, does not have the 1915 after the © CR logo and measures 10 3/4 inches from the bottom of the right rear hoof to the top of the rump. There are likely six casts of this version.
There were also three more casts produced in 1930, these are distinguishable by a stamped Roman Bronze Works foundry mark that runs along the base of the sculpture, under the ram's left rear hoof.
Paul Bransom