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Staffordshire dog figurines are matching pairs of pottery spaniel dogs, standing guard, which were habitually placed on mantelpieces in 19th-century homes. Mainly manufactured in Staffordshire pottery , these earthenware figures were also made in other English counties and in Scotland.
As dogs became more domesticated, they were shown as companion animals, often painted sitting on a lady's lap. Throughout art history, mainly in Western art, there is an overwhelming presence of dogs as status symbols and pets in painting. The dogs were brought to houses and were allowed to live in the house.
The Woman With A Dog belongs to Fragonard's Figures de Fantaisie (Fantasy Figures) series, with artworks often painted within an hour. While some elements such as the hairstyle, pearls, or the blue and pink colors correspond to the Rococo style, the dress itself is in a 16th/17th-century style, and has been compared to Rubens' portraits of Marie de Médici or Anne of Austria.
arstrand's signature seen on a detail of the sign in the upper left corner of the painting. According to his contemporary, Niels Laurits Høyen, Marstrand's painting depicts an amusing intermezzo between a dog catcher and a dog trainer: the former is trying to catch a stray dog, but the dog trainer mistakenly believes that he is targeting his flock of pedigree dogs and sets in a counterattack ...
Painting and Travel visit Amish country and the Miller Carriage Shop in Shipshewana, Indiana. Sarah talks with the owner of the hand built carriage business and watches the buggies being built to various stages of completion. Roger chooses to paint a landscape with one of the horse drawn carriages on a hilly country road.
The satisfaction you get when you paint a room or your home's exterior is immediate. All at once, a fresh coat can make a surface look new and a space feel different. Getting rid of paint, on the ...
The Happy Family (painting) Harvest Time at Carditello; The Harvest Wagon; The Hay Wain; The Haywain Triptych; Henry IV Receiving the Spanish Ambassador; Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye; The Hippopotamus and Crocodile Hunt; His Master's Voice; The Holy Family with a Little Bird; Hugo Erfurth with Dog; The Hunt Breakfast (Courbet) The ...
The Shanwei Zoo in China's Guangdong province has reportedly painted a pair of Chow Chows to resemble pandas