A small, shaggy, black and white dog stands in a wood paneled room with its body angled to our right but turning its head, pink tongue out, to our left in this vertical painting. The animal is painted with loose brushstrokes that evoke the dog’s long, feathery fur. The dog peers to our left with golden brown eyes. It is black along its flanks and ears, with a stripe of white down the center of the head, and on the muzzle. The chest, belly, and legs are also white, and the bushy tail, which curls up and out like a fountain, is a mixture of black and white. Leaning on the paneling behind the…
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Tama, the Japanese Dog

painter Edouard Manet (French, 1832 - 1883)

c. 1875

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 61 x 50 cm (24 x 19 11/16 in.) ; framed: 87 x 75.9 x 8.9 cm (34 1/4 x 29 7/8 x 3 1/2 in.)
Culture
French
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CF
Credit line
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
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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