Marble Statue of a Pair of Dogs, Roman, Possibly 2nd century AD: Found Near Civita Lavinia, Lazio, Italy, British Museum [1280 x 1354]
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Marble Statue of a Pair of Dogs, Roman, Possibly 2nd century AD: Found Near Civita Lavinia, Lazio, Italy, British Museum [1280 x 1354]
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Dog art was produced in the first century AD. This charming example, a pair of canines, was found near Civita Lavinia, Italy in 1774. A painter and art dealer named Gavin Hamilton had excavated a place aptly-named Dog Mountain and discovered, among other things, this marble portrait of two hounds.
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How wealthy must an empire be to produce so much art by hand?