Cane Tago ("The Dog Tago") is a statue erected in

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nat ...

, Italy, in 1777. It was the work of

Luigi Acquisti Luigi Acquisti (1745–1823) was an Italian sculptor mainly known for his works in the neoclassical style. He was born in Forlì the 29 March 1747 and died in Bologna in 1823. His works are distributed throughout Italy. Among them are reliefs o ...

, commissioned by the marquis Tommaso dè Buoi, to celebrate the fidelity of his German

Weimaraner The Weimaraner ( ) is a large dog that was originally bred as a hunting dog in the early 19th century. Early Weimaraners were used by royalty for hunting large game such as boar, bear and deer. As the popularity of large game hunting began to d ...

hound. The dog had fallen from the windowsill in joy at seeing its master returning from a long journey. The

terracotta Terracotta, terra cotta, or terra-cotta (; ; ), in its material sense as an earthenware substrate, is a clay-based ceramic glaze, unglazed or glazed ceramic where the pottery firing, fired body is porous. In applied art, craft, construction, a ...

statue was placed on the spot where the dog was supposed to have fallen, at the de’ Buoi’House, now the seat of the Cultural Department of the Municipality of Bologna in via Oberdan 24. After 200 years, atmospheric damage necessitated restoration, and the statue was subsequently displayed at the local Museum of Archeology. It is now at the Collezioni Comunali d’Arte, inside

Palazzo d'Accursio 260px, Palazzo d'Accursio. Palazzo d'Accursio (or Palazzo Comunale) is a palace once formulated to house major administrative offices of the city of Bologna, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. It is located on the Piazza Maggiore, and is the city's T ...

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