Art Price Index: Dog Portraits

Published on 19 April 2024, by Sophie Reyssat

Like master, like dog... unless it's the other way around. These sensitive paintings pay tribute to our faithful friend.

€35,100Christophe Huet (1700-1759), Chien dans un paysage (Dog in a Landscape), original... Art Price Index: Dog Portraits

€35,100
Christophe Huet (1700-1759), Chien dans un paysage (Dog in a Landscape), original canvas, signed and dated “C. Huet. 1752”, 90 x 116.5 cm/35.43 x 45.86 in.
Neuilly, Tuesday, May 29, 2018. Aguttes OVV. M. Millet.

Animal paintings came into their own in the 17th century , and the practice of having pets, which developed in the following century, hastened the trend. Dog portraits attest to how views of man’s best friend changed. Alexandre-François Desportes and Jean-Baptiste Oudry immortalized Louis XIV and Louis XV ’s favorite…

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