"...so the vertragi are named for their swiftness." Arrian, Cynegeticus (III.6)
Found near Civita Lavinia (Lanuvium) on a spur of the Alban Hills south of Rome, this endearing sculpture is in the Townley Collection of the British Museum.
One readily sees the remarkable difference between the older picture and a similar pair in the Pio-Clementino Museum (Vatican), which were taken in natural light at high resolution with a digital camera.
