Painting old animal painting, dog Greuze, eighteenth

Painting old animal painting, dog, greuze, eighteenth. Subject: ancient painting depicting a dog stealing food, in greuze's taste. The dog is traditionally the symbol of fidelity; in painting he is depicted during hunting scenes or accompanied by a woman. In the latter case it can be linked to marital fidelity as in the venus of urbin (1534) by the italian painter titian where a small dog is nestled at the foot of the. On the other hand, animals often serve as a backdrop, it is quite common for example to see a dog and a cat bickering under the table of a meal of the pilgrims of emmaus or a last supper in the sixteenth century! In the last photo: Left: jan steen (1625-1679) the world upside down, c 1663, oil on canvas 105×145 cm, vienna, gemäldegalerie. In the middle: gabriel metsu (1629-1679) woman playing the viola da gamba 1663. Right: frans van mieris the elder ( 1635-1681 ) inn scene, the hague. Below, jean-baptiste greuze's dogs: Detail, left the spoiled child (1765), st. Petersburg, hermitage museum. In the middle filial piety, (1763), st. Petersburg, hermitage museum. On the right le fils puni (1778), paris, musée du louvre. Support: oil on canvas against glued on old cardboard. Frame dimensions: 35.5 X 32.5 cm. Paint dimensions: 31 X 27.5 cm. Condition: good general condition, in its juice (see photo) Period: late eighteenth early nineteenth.