Skip to main content

Three dogs in a yard with dead game bird; one dog barking: 31.K.12-79

An image of Print

Terms of use

These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.

Download this image

Creative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Three dogs in a yard with dead game bird; one dog barking
The set of dogs

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hillegaert, Paulus van

Entities

Categories

Description

Three dogs in a yard beside a fence to the left against which a dead game bird hangs from a pole. The largest dog stands in profile towards the left and is chained to a second dog pressing itself against the fence. This dog appears cowed by the barking of a third dog crouching in the left foreground.

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 8

School or Style

Dutch

Techniques used in production

Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: 31.K.12-79
Primary reference Number: 32479
Bartsch: 8
Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): 8 II
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 27 August 2020 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Three dogs in a yard with dead game bird; one dog barking" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/32479 Accessed: 2024-04-20 13:32:54

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/32479 |title=Three dogs in a yard with dead game bird; one dog barking |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-04-20 13:32:54|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-32479

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:

<div class="text-center">
    <figure class="figure">
        <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp53/31_K_12_79.jpg"
        alt="Three dogs in a yard with dead game bird; one dog barking"
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Three dogs in a yard with dead game bird; one dog barking</figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>
    

More objects and works of art you might like

Suggested products from Curating Cambridge

You might be interested in this...

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...