SOUTH GERMAN, CIRCA 1630
SOUTH GERMAN, CIRCA 1630
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SOUTH GERMAN, CIRCA 1630

A DOG LICKING ITSELF

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SOUTH GERMAN, CIRCA 1630
A DOG LICKING ITSELF
Bronze; on a later square red marble plinth; paper label to underside of plinth
2 ¾ in. (17 cm.) high; 3 ¼ in. (18.4 cm.) high, overall

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The extreme naturalism of the pose of the present dog places it among animal bronzes attributed to German sculptors such as Hubert Gerhard (d. 1620)) or Georg Schweigger (1613-1690; for examples of their work see Berlin, Skulpturensammlung Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Von Allen Seiten Schön – Bronzen der Renaissance und des Barock, 31 Oct. 1995 – 28 Jan. 1996, nos. 163-165 and 204). The precise rendering of the fur and chain also suggest a German origin of the 17th century.

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