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Danish School (19th Century)
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Danish School (19th Century)

A Maltese dog with two red pompoms

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Danish School (19th Century)
A Maltese dog with two red pompoms
oil on canvas
15½ x 12¼ in. (39.3 x 31.2 cm.)
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This lot is offered without reserve. No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

拍品專文

This picture of a Maltese dog evokes the words of the Latin poet Martial (ca. 40-102 AD). His Epigram 1.109 is about the Maltese dog Issa, who is more dear to her owner than anything or anyone else: 'So that her death might not snatch her away completely/He is producing her likeness in a painted board,/in which you will see an Issa so like herself that she herself is not so like herself./So put Issa alongside the picture:/either you will think both are real,/or you will think both are painted.'