a rubens sketch: there's a dog in there somewhere

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You'd think I'd show you more by Rubens (Sir Peter Paul Rubens, that is, the Baroque painter; Flemish, 1577-1640), but this drawing c. 1616 is a sterling example of why I don't.  Do I appreciate Rubens?  Very much so.  Can I see that dog for all that lush girlhood?  Barely. I had to restrain myself from drawing an arrow and writing "DOG".  Also, don't you find it interesting that he has such a confident hand with feminine portrayals, but that dog looks like a wizened little rat?