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Engraving of two bears fighting a pack of dogs in an open landscape under a cloudy sky, with dogs sprawled across the foreground.

Bears and Dogs Fighting

A dense, dramatic melee in a wide open landscape: two dark bears bite and grapple with a pack of white and pale dogs, while more dogs sprawl and lunge across the foreground. The engraved lines give the fur and churning ground a dense, textured tonal range under a cloudy sky.

Artist
Frans Snyders
Date
1809
Medium
Etchings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 2472 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1809.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

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