Bronze Statuette of a Dog in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 2011

Title: Bronze statuette of a dog

Medium; Technique: Bronze

Culture: Roman

Period: Mid- or Late Imperial

Date: 2nd–3rd century A.D.

Dimensions: H. 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm)

Classification: Bronzes

Credit Line: Purchase, Edith Perry Chapman Fund, 1962

Accession Number: 62.10.3


Description:

The Romans were ardent pet lovers. Dogs especially were great favorites and are frequently depicted in Roman art as either guard or hunting dogs.

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