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Etching of a long-haired white dog crouching in profile against a dark hatched background, with a curled tail.

White Dog, etching by Wenceslaus Hollar, 1649

A long-haired white dog crouches sideways across a dark, hatched background, its shaggy coat rendered in fine lines and its tail curling up at the right. The etching shows a small signature and date in the lower margin, on a sheet of ivory laid paper.

Artist
Wenceslaus Hollar
Date
1649
Medium
Etching on ivory laid paper
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 1240 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1649).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of James Wells