Bronze statuette of a girl holding a dog
Seated child holding a puppy in her right arm, her left extended in the same direction as her gaze. A charming study of child life, with the little girl and dog both rendered with remarkable truth to nature.
Artwork Details
- Title: Bronze statuette of a girl holding a dog
- Period: Late Hellenistic or Imperial
- Date: 1st century BCE–2nd century CE
- Culture: Greek or Roman
- Medium: Bronze
- Dimensions: H. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm)
- Classification: Bronzes
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1913
- Object Number: 13.225.4
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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