AN ITALIAN GRAND TOUR GREEN SERPENTINE MARBLE MODEL OF THE DOG OF ALCIBIADES

AN ITALIAN GRAND TOUR GREEN SERPENTINE MARBLE MODEL OF THE DOG OF ALCIBIADES, in a seated pose, on a rectangular base, with canted corners

Note: By reptue this model is refered to as Jenkin's dog.

The Hellenistic sculpture the 'Dog of Alcibiades' was modelled on a Molossian dog, ancestor of the modern mastiff. Henry Constantine Jennings acquired the only known Roman copy of the Dog in 1753-6 and liked to call the sculpture the 'Dog of Alcibiades', after Alcibiades, an Athenian statesman, who is said to have docked the tail of his dog in order to give the Athenian people something else to talk about other than himself.

15 cm high x 8 cm wide x 15 cm deep (including base)

Dimensions: 15 cm high x 8 cm wide x 15 cm deep (including base)