The dancing dog

Ochtervelt, Jacob (1634-1682)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1669
Height:
79.4 cm  (31 1/4 in.)
Width:
64.2 cm  (25 1/4 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

Additional titles

Violin player and a young woman playing with a dog

Description

A man, seated on a sofa, plays the violin while a spaniel (white with brown spots) dances on his hind legs with his front paws extended in front of him. The dog is wearing a collar and is looking at a woman, who is standing and holding a drink. Her left arm is extended, as if in a dance. Both people are looking at the dog. On the right, a door is open, revealing a woman in a back room doing housework.

Iconclass

34B11(...)(+7)
dog (SPANIEL) (+ exercising, performing animal)
41CC221
cook - CC - female cook

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Violin [3573]

Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Kuretsky, Susan Donahue. The paintings of Jacob Ochtervelt (1634-1682) (Montclair, NJ: Allanheld & Schram, 1979) no. 57; fig. 55. ISBN 0839002408.

Notes

Inscription: on the door lintel: J. Ochtervelt f. 1669

RIdIM record id

5235