W-79-0196
Italian Green Serpentine Marble Jennings Dog Model, After the Antique
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DETAILS
A small 19th century, Grand Tour stone statue, modelled after a Roman 2nd century A.D. marble sculpture of seated Molossian hound dog on a canted corner plinth. The Roman statue was copied originally after an Hellenistic bronze. It is named Jennings for one the prior owners of sculpture, Henry Constantine Jennings in the 18th century. It is also known as Duncombe's dog or the Dog of Alcibiades.
STYLE
Neoclassical | Roman Revival
COLOR(S)
Dark green
PLACE OF ORIGIN
Italy
MARKS
Paper label (base)
PERIOD
19th century
DATE
Circa 1860
DIMENSIONS
Width 6 Depth 3 Height 6.5 inches
