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A dog in the box
Stroganov Leonid- Technique
- Etching
- Dimensions
- 11 × 12 cm
- Year
- 2016
A wrinkled bulldog-type dog drapes over the edge of a carved wooden chest in a garden, watched by a small bird.
- Style
- Graphic
- Mood
- Playful
- Themes
- Dogs · Birds · Architecture · Nature
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- Payment
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- Shipping
Economy: ~1 month
EMS: 7–10 days
- Packing
Over 100 cm: rolled in a tube
Smaller works: boxed canvas
- Returns
7-day return
Refund after inspection, excluding shipping fees
About this work
A heavy-jowled dog rests its front paws over the lid of an ornately carved wooden chest, gazing off to the side while a small bird perches on the chest's rim beside it. Behind them, leafy plants fill the foreground and a village scene — a house, a domed bell tower, and rooftops — recedes into the middle distance.
The etching's fine, tightly packed hatching gives the dog's loose skin and the chest's carved scrollwork a tactile, almost velvety texture, while the background architecture is sketched more loosely in open line. The quiet, warm-toned composition reads as a small, affectionate genre vignette rather than a formal portrait.
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