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Tuesday, August 28, 2007

and a 1625 ad dog

From the Norton Simon Museum, Guercino's heroic yet warm portrait of Count Filippo Aldovrandi's dog. Mind you, in real life this is 44 x 68.25 inches, so Count Filippo thought a lot of this dog. And well he should, when you look at him.
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1 comment:

curator said...

Isn't he though? I have to find some mo' nice cat art, too. Thanks for coming by!

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