This painting shows a dog with a white-and-brown coat standing in tall green grass. The dog has large eyes, a pointed snout, and long ears. It is looking intently at a group of small birds that stand at the bottom of the painting in an opening in the grass, situated between us and the dog. There are four birds, and they have brown-and-white feathers, orange eyes, and short beaks. The background features a blue sky with a few clouds, and the grass around the dog and birds is painted in different shades of green, yellow, and brown.
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D.G. Stouter (American, active 1854 or after)

1854 or after

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 46.4 x 52.1 cm (18 1/4 x 20 1/2 in.) ; framed: 55.5 x 65.1 cm (21 7/8 x 25 5/8 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line
Courtesy Gwynne Garbisch McDevitt. Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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