# Growling Dog Ready to Pounce

- By: Dirk Valkenburg (Dutch, 1675-1721)
- Date: n.d.
- Medium: Red and black chalk, with stumping, on ivory laid paper, tipped onto cream wove paper
- Classification: Drawing and Watercolor
- Dimensions: 11.4 × 14.9 cm (4 1/2 × 5 7/8 in.)
- Culture: Holland
- Credit line: The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/83982)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/c043a21a-5293-3b8a-7b0e-526c519f932e/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)