This famous statue, restored by Benvenuto Cellini in the sixteenth century, probably for
med part of a group representing the monster in its mortal struggle with Bellerophon astride the winged horse Pegasus. The inscription carved on the right front leg (tinscvill = dedicated) shows that the magnificent bronze was a votive offering for a shr
ine on the road to Fiesole.\par
The Chimera, modeled with great force and produced by a casting technique of the highest level, is now in the Museo Archeologico in Florence.\par