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Funeral of the scout his dog (Lakenhal Leiden)
By Anton Wilhelm Tischbein.
Name of the dog was Cerberus.
It shows a warrior with a clearly Mastiff.
Chicago Museum.
Many were found at Roman upperclass.
Many were found at Roman upperclass.
Black marble statue of an alleged Persian Mastiff. Bron: Iran,Bastan Museum ca. 500 BC.
Black marble statue of an alleged Persian. Bron: Iran, Bastan Museum ca. 500 BC.
Circa 3rd century of hunting wild_boar with a bay dog. RömischGermanisches Museum, Köln.
Pattern very similar to the bulldog.
1st century CE.
Hond van Odysseus, Griek uit de oudheid.
Hond van Odysseus, Griek uit de oudheid.
Ptolemaeïsche era.
16th-15th century B.C..
Wood block print .
Illustration by Christian Wilhelm Allers, 1892. The cavity of 'The Dog From Pompeii' was discovered November 20th, 1874, in the house of Marcus Vesonius Primus, in the Fauce, the corridor at the entrance of the house. The house was located in Region VI, Insula 14, Nr. 20. During the eruption Mt. Vesuvius eruption in 79 A.D the unfortunate dog, wearing his bronze-studded collar, was left chained up at his assigned place to watch the house of Orpheus, and he suffocated beneath the ash and cinders.
Earthen stamp, Parthian era, 247 BC, Iran.
Han Dynasty 206 to 220 CE.
Han Dynasty 25-220 CE.
Han Dynasty.
Date mid 2nd millennium B.C. Mesopotamia Kassite culture. Bron: MetMuseum
Bron: The new Dog Encyclopedia. Revised edition of Henry P.Davis's Modern Dog Encyclopedia.
Medieval illustration,1450.
At the Instituto Ricardo Brennand.
In the Middle Ages, in order to preserve the precious dogs from injury in the hunt, the dogs were wearing their protective armor made of fabric with sewn boning rods.
Reliefs in stone of the 12th. Century BC at a Babylon Temple, rebuilt by Nebukadnezar in 380 BC, appear to be the oldest portrait of Dogge-like canines. Bron: Hans Röber, encyclopedia for dog breeds.
Livre de la chasse, Gaston Phoebus and hunters accompany.
Peru by Pizarro circa 1478-1541.
Painted by the French painter Joseph Parrocel.
Libro de la Monteria.
Il Giovane 1600-1678. Bull baiting at Campo San Polo.
Dog, armoured for boar-hunting. Unknown artist. Lithografie bei Rau und Sohn Dresden Litho.
Circa 3rd century of hunting wild_boar with a bay dog. RömischGermanisches Museum, Köln.
Chicago Museum.
Pattern very similar to the bulldog.
Hond van Odysseus, Griek uit de oudheid.
produced by Royal Delft in Delft, designed by LEF Bodart, circa 1910-1930.
Some conquistadores fed the Spanish dogs with living Indians.
Some conquistadores fed the Spanish dogs with living Indians.
Made in Italië. Silk, leather, wood, metal and synthetic materials. Bron: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art (USA).