PASSEROTTI, Bartolomeo
(b. 1529, Bologna, d. 1592, Bologna)

Portrait of a Man with a Dog (detail)

1585-87
Oil on canvas
Pinacoteca Capitolina, Rome

The hand with the spread fingers holding the dog suggests tenderness, and the dog's front legs resting on the master's shoulder and its muzzle turn toward his face express devotedness.




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