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Dogs in The Metropolitan Museum: A Collection of Artworks Depicting Man's Best Friend

  • Vikki Griffin

Vikki Griffin

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Italian, Venice 1712–1793 Venice / The Met

    Guardi rarely painted views of the Venetian mainland, and this is one of his most successful.
    Buildings, plantings, and figural groups punctuate the calm, verdant plane of the lawn that, in tandem with the sky, gives the impression of a vast, open space.
    The work is one of a set of four painted for John Strange (1732 - 1799), author, antiquarian, naturalist, connoisseur, and diplomat, who served as the official British Resident in Venice between 1773 and 1788.

Interior with a Young Couple

Dutch, Rotterdam 1629–1684 Amsterdam / The Met

    De Hooch was particularly skilled at interior scenes that capture the fall of light into rooms constructed from elaborately interlocking rectangular forms.
    These spaces provide the backdrop for a glimpse into the private lives of prosperous families.
    Here we see a young couple sharing an intimate moment in their bedroom; the woman gazes into a mirror on the wall, while the man plays with their dog.

Cows Crossing a Ford

French, Nantes 1811–1889 L'Isle-Adam / The Met

    The painting is of a landscape with a low horizon and broadly painted sky.
    The painting is of interest to Dupré because it fits the description of an "expansive and true composition" recently painted "on the spot" in the Limousin region of central France.
    The painting was first owned by Paul Périer, an early supporter of Dupré as well as his colleagues Théodore Rousseau and Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps.

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