Seated Dog, anonymous, after Cornelis Visscher (II), c. 1650 - c. 1700

black and red chalk, on vellum; framing lines in black (upper and lower border) and brown ink (left and right border), h 164mm × w 133mm Catalogue entry

The Haarlem artist Cornelis Visscher drew his animals like his portraits of people: lively and unidealized. The artist here relayed characteristic features of this little papillon, such as the quivering pose and bulging eyes. This drawing is a copy of a sheet in the Frits Lugt Collection in Paris. Both of these worked-up drawings may have been intended for sale as independent works of art.