A BRONZE FIGURE OF THE MOLOSSIAN HOUND ITALIAN, 19TH CENTURY On marble base 16.5cm high overall, the base 19cm wideThis work is based upon the Roman original now in the British Museum. It was purchased in the 1750s from the Roman sculptor, restorer and dealer in antiquities Bartolomeo Cavaceppi by Henry Constantine Jennings. Popularly known as Jenning's Dog it is also often referred to as The Dog of Alcibiades, a title coined by Jennings after the tale in Plutarch about another dog bereft of its tail.