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Three dogs fighting over a dead animal: 31.K.12-77

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Titles

Three dogs fighting over a dead animal
The set of dogs

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hillegaert, Paulus van

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Description

Three dogs in a landscape; a tree at the far right beneath which a dog is eating a dead animal. A second dog, its paw on the kill, looks towards the left at a third dog leaping towards them ready to fight for its share.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816) by Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount

Dating

17th Century
Production date: AD 1654

Note

Before the number 7

School or Style

Dutch

Techniques used in production

Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: 31.K.12-77
Primary reference Number: 32478
Bartsch: 7
Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): 7 II

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 25 March 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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