Hounds In Fine Art Site

[~elizabeth~]

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Trying to track down the original image on my clock, I came across this site which has lots of hound images in fine art through the ages, mainly greyhounds but the odd whippety type does creep into some

(Grey)Hounds through the ages Gallery

See if you can spot the earliest representation of a brindle?

 

[AnnSa]

Mmm some very nice stuff there

 

[Seraphina]

OMG, thanks Elizabeth. I am putting the phone of the hook and spend the weekend going through

 

[Trish]

wow they are some breathtaking pictures there :thumbsup:

thanks for sharing them with us )

now im going to have a proper long look at them

 

[hughes0]

lovely pictures, thanks for sharing. is that cupid in the second pic?? what other dog could you possibly link with cupid than a gorgeous whippie :wub: :wub: they are love personified

 

[~elizabeth~]

I find it fascinating looking at hounds in art, there are many more whippet-like and size hounds around than is documented. I've been looking through my book of Attic vases, there are lots representations of very whippety hounds, with some very typical poses; there is the odd large greyhound and you can definitely tell the difference.

I once read that the first record of brindle colouration in a greyhound was in the 18th Century (the author's theory was that the colour came in from crosses from bull breeds) and certainly you don't find many representations of stripey hounds in art. The earliest one I've found is this Paul de Vos painting from around 1700 (the version on the web gallery is very small and hard to see).