Fighting Dogs

c. 1657/1659

Adriaen van de Velde

Associated Names
Adriaen van de Velde

Artist, Dutch, 1636 - 1672

This is a drawing of three animals in a landscape. Two of the animals are engaged in a physical encounter. The drawing shows two dogs or similar animals in a confrontational pose. One animal is lunging over the other, which is on the ground. The third animal in the background is walking across the grassy landscape. The sky has scattered clouds and a pattern of birds in flight. The drawing uses lines and shading to show texture in the fur of the animals and the landscape.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8231

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 9, State only


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1884

  • Dutuit 9.

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge

1978

  • Illustrated Bartsch, 1978: 9.

Wikidata ID

Q65018483

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