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Historical Archive: Dogs


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Exekias, black-figure amphora from Vulci with Ajax and Achilles playing dice, c.540-30 BCE, Vat 16757. This work has its own page.
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Roman tile with cat or dog paw prints, Musée Carnavalet Paris
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vessel in the form of a dog, ceramic, western provincial Roman, MFAB. For another view see MFAB.
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box flue tile with stags and dogs, ceramic, poss. from Ashstead Villa (Eng.), Roman period, BM 1973,0403.72. For other views see BM.
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carnelian intaglio: stag, *dog, tree; early Roman Imperial, HNM K. Kiss 23, which has its own page
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Roman dog fibula, bronze/enamel, prob. 2nd c., MStA 1978.447. For other views see MStA.
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Mithras relief from Fiano Romano: Mithras and the Bull, 2nd or 3rd c., marble, Louvre MND 1911
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"Thracian Horseman" funerary relief, marble, 2nd-3rd c. Macedonia, MFAB 50.962
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Mithras fr. City of London temple, marble, late 2nd-early 3rd c., MoL A16933
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Mithras and the Bull from Dormagen, c.200 AD, limestone, RLM
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putto riding dog: seasons sarcophagus with menorah, marble, c.250-350, Rome MNR 67611, which has its own page
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pastoral sarcophagus with lid from Via Prenestina (Christian?), painted and gilt, late 3rd/early 4th c., Vat 31485 (ex 150). This work has its own page.
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fragmentary hunt scene, 3rd or 4th c. (possibly German or Alexandrian), blown and cut glass, TMA 28.1888
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Mithras and the Bull from Gimmeldingen, 325, HMP. For wider view see HMP.
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hunt, Italy? c.350-400, bronze/silver/copper, Louvre Br 3448/MND 889. For full object see Louvre.
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Junius Bassus sarcophagus, c.359, marble, Vat Tesoro 31529.3.1-3, which has its own page
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Shepherd sarcophagus from Catacomb of Praetextatus (Three Shepherds Sarcophagus; Christian?), marble c.370-400, Vat 31554 (ex 191A). This work has its own page.
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composite with dog: Cathedra of Maximian, ivory, 546-56, RavArchMus, which has its own page
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dogs? Sutton Hoo purse lid, gold/garnet/glass, early 7th c., BM 1939,1010.2.a-l, which has its own page with more ?dogs
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animal pendant, dogs?, gold, Coclé 700-1000 CE, DO PC.B.373, which has its own page
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Veroli Casket, ivory and bone, mid to late 10th c., V&A 216-1865. This work has its own page.
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Lazarus and Dives, dogs licking Lazarus' sores: Bernward Column, Hildesheim, c. 1020, bronze, which has its own page.
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dog fr. Church Lane, c.1080-90, prob fr. Canterbury cathedral, CHM CANCM 1983.10.64A. For companion stones see Church Lane stones.
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dog fr. Church Lane, c.1080-90, prob fr. Canterbury cathedral, CHM CANCM 1983.10.1051. For companion stones see Church Lane stones.
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David with dog lower right: Sainte Chasse, 12th c. Byzantine ivory, Sens CT 143, which has its own page
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disk with falconer, silver/gilt, 12th-13th c. Volga Bulgar, Morgan 2012.2:92
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center roundel: Lisbjerg Altar frontal/retable/arch c.1135-50, gilded copper, NMD D287. This work has its own page.
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centaur archer, enameled copper, Mosan c.1160-70, Louvre 8097
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Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahid and Hajib Mas'ud ibn Ahmad: Bobrinsky bucket, bronze with silver and copper, Afghanistan, 1163, Hermitage IR-2268. This work has its own page.
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hunting frieze: hare, dog; bull, dog, hunter... west façade completed by 1180, Pisa cathedral, which has its own pages
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fire dogs: dog, bronze, 13th-15th c.? western Europe, Hermitage. For companion cat see Hermitage.
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dance of Salome (restored) in John the Baptist cycle, mosaic c.1240-1310, Baptistery of St. John, Florence. This work has its own pages.
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dog below horse: Thomas Becket returning from exile, stone badge mold, 14th c., BM 1890,1002.1. For related badge see BM.
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bronze spigot, France? 14th c.? Cluny Cl. 23734
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dog on spigot: unicorn aquamanile, bronze, Hildesheim c.1300-25, Cluny Cl. 2136
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effigy of Clémence of Hungary, marble, first third of the 14th c., Saint-Denis. This work has its own page.
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Giovanni Pisano pulpit 1302-10, which has its own page with more dogs, in Pisa cathedral
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Naumburg cathedral gargoyles, c.1330, which have their own page
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mirror-back with courtly couple, ivory, 2nd quarter of 14th c. Paris, Louvre.
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Jeanne de France (1311-49), marble memorial, Saint-Denis basilica. This work has its own page.
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Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux, Jean Pucelle c.1324-28, Met 54.1.2, which has its own page with more dogs.
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Muhammad ibn al-Zayn, Baptistère de Saint Louis, Egypt or Syria c.1330-40, Louvre LP16. This work has its own page with more dogs.
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plenary of Otto the Mild (top), 1339 reusing chessboard 1300-30, KGM W 32, which has its own page
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creation of animals and man : Kloster Wienhausen nuns' choir, painted c.1335, which has its own page
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dogs in wood of suicides in Hell: Cappella Strozzi di Mantova, Florence, Nardo di Cione 1354-57, which has its own page
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Arca di Sant' Agostino, 1362-aft. 1409, San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro, Pavia. This work has its own page.
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wives, children, and animals of Jacob: Baptistery, cathedral of Padua, 1376 frescoes: Giusto de' Menabuoi. This work has its own pages.
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left edge, center: front of an oak chest with heraldic and fantastic beasts, Lower Saxony c.1380, KGM 1884,1688
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children discovered by hunters, copper/enamel, Italy 15th c., Cluny Cl. 13069
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dog on spigot: aquamanile in the form of a horse, copper alloy, Nürnberg c.1400-50, Met 47.101.53 loaned to PMA. This object has its own page.
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Annunciation/mystic hunt for the unicorn, circle of Martin Schongauer 1489, Pushkin 2734
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St. Bernard of Clairvaux with dogs, parchment, Wienhausen late 15th c., WienMus
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Lady and the Unicorn, wool/silk tapestry, c.1500, Cluny. For more panels and details with more dogs see Cluny.
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Spinning/reading, wool/silk tapestry, c.1520, Cluny Cl. 2182. For full work see Cluny.
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ostrich egg cup with cover: Diana the hunter, Johannes Lencker (1573-1637), Augsburg 1620-25, MAAB. For other views see MAAB.
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Hunting horn assoc. Henry IV of Navarre, ivory, France late 16th-early 17th c., Belgrade MAA 541. For other views see Belgrade MAA.
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ex-voto of 3-year-old from chapel of Notre-Dame d’Assistance, oil on canvas, dated 1648, Hospice Comtesse Lille D 62.1. For more ex-votos with dogs see l’Hospice Comtesse.
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kitchen tiles, faience, dated 1731: dog and cat, Lille Hospice Comtesse, which has its own page with architectural context.
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related: dog collar, velvet and gilt brass, 17th c. Saxony, IHZS for Johann Herzog zu Sachsen, PMA 1977-167-1053