Sculptor - Hans Muller
  Title - Setter Dog Scratching 
  Sand Cast Bronze  0   Circa 1900    3 1/8" height by 5 1/2" length  (8 cm by 14 cm) 
This is a humorous sculpture by the listed Austrian artist Hans Muller.   This scratching Setter dog is finished in a gilt patina and is mounted on a 6" by 4 " by 1" thick highly figured red marble base. It was cast around the turn of the century by a Vienna foundry and is signed H. Muller on the reverse side.  Most of Hans Muller's bronzes including a model of this bronze are in the Simu Museum in Bucharest.   
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