The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Sitting Dog Scratching Himself

c. 1525–1530

Southern Germany, possibly Nuremberg, 16th century

bronze
Overall: 5.8 cm (2 5/16 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1960.74
Location: 114 Late Northern Renaissance
  • Ducal Museum, Gotha
    Paul Drey Gallery (New York, New York), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1960.
  • “Back Matter.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 52, no. 7 (September 1965): 198. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 198 www.jstor.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 108 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 108 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 129 archive.org
    Kathman, Barbara A. A Cleveland Bestiary. Cleveland, OH; Cleveland Museum of Art, 1981. Reproduced: p. 40; Mentioned: p. 40, p. 62
    D'Apuzzo, Mark Gregory. La collezione dei bronzi del Museo civico medievale di Bologna. San Casciano Val di Pesa (Firenze), Italia: Libro Co. Italia, 2017. Mentioned: p. 188
  • A Cleveland Bestiary. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 15-December 16, 1981).
    The Virtuoso Craftsman; Northern European Design in the Sixteenth Century. Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA (organizer) (March 27-May 25, 1969).
    Juxtapositions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 11-October 10, 1965).
    Year in Review - Nineteen Hundred Sixty. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 30, 1960-January 1, 1961).
  • {{cite web|title=Sitting Dog Scratching Himself|url=false|author=|year=c. 1525–1530|access-date=19 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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