Art Dogs

drawing of a cat and dog wearing seventeenth-century clothes and dancing, with rats at their feet

Art dogs are dogs (a.k.a. good bois) that can be found in art. When you visit a museum you can see lots of art dogs in the paintings, sculptures, photographs, videos, installations, prints, drawings etc. They are everywhere. Find an art dog in the Rijksmuseum's collection

Types of art dogs

There are many different art dogs including (but not limited to):

Get in touch

Art dogs are just like you and me. They like cheese and shuffleboard and Enya. They also like to make friends on the internet.



Coded by Claire

Image: Anonymous artist, after Adriaen Pietersz. van de Venne, Dancing cat and dog, 1630-`1699. Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.