LOS PERROS EN LA PINTURA

Abstract

Inspired by an anonymous Flemish painting showing Doña Juana and the Infanta Isabel surrounded by forty-two dogs, the author analyses, with examples, the constant presence of dogs (possibly due to their being regarded as man's best friend) in paintings from ali periods. Dogs of various breeds appear individually or in groups, represented as participating in the hunt, being set on human beings or accompanying man in the activity depicted, or else to adom or fill in the canvas.

Even in the religious imagery of the Passion, dogs have not been forgotten.