Sculpture

Group with Two Hounds Dragging a Deer to Earth

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Type: Sculpture(Opens in new tab)
Date: n.d.
Accession number: 2016.14
Maker: Francesco Antonio Franzoni(Opens in new tab) (Italian, 1734–1818)
Dimensions: overall: 18 1/8 × 31 1/8 × 20 7/8 in. (46 × 79 × 53 cm.) base: 3 1/8 × 33 7/16 × 21 in. (8 × 85 × 53.3 cm.) 18 1/8 × 31 1/8 × 20 7/8 in. (46.1 × 79.1 × 53 cm.)
Medium: marble
Description: The sculpture portrays a deer pulled to the ground by two hounds arranged on a monolithic base of rare colored stone.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Purchased with funds from the Art Collectors' Council and the Adele S. Browning Memorial Art Fund
Department: European Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

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