Jennings Dog

Jennings Dog
The Jennings Dog on display in the British Museum
MaterialMarble
Discovered1753–1756
Monte Cagnuolo
Discovered byHenry Constantine Jennings
Present locationBritish Museum

3D model (click to interact)

The Jennings Dog (also known as The Duncombe Dog or The Dog of Alcibiades) is a Roman sculpture of a dog with a docked tail. Named for its first modern owner, Henry Constantine Jennings, it is a 2nd-century AD Roman copy of a Hellenistic bronze original.[1] The original was probably of the 2nd century BC. It is 1.05 metres (3 ft 5 in) high; its leonine muzzle and one leg have been repaired since its rediscovery. Though it is one of only a few animal sculptures surviving from antiquity, a pair of similar marble mastiffs of the same model can be seen in the Belvedere Court of the Vatican Museums.[2]

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  2. ^ One illustrated in Aelius Stilo, "Molossian: The Jennings Dog"