Dancing Dogs: 'Lusette', 'Madore', 'Rosette' and 'Moucheby'
John Wootton (Snitterfield c.1682 – London 1764)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1759 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1270 x 1270 mm (50 x 50 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 584409
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Dancing Dogs: 'Lusette', 'Madore', 'Rosette' and 'Moucheby' John Wootton (Snitterfield c.1682 – London 1765), signed and dated, on plinth, middle left: J. Wootton fect. 1759. Four dogs, usually known as poodles, more recently as bichons or 'Bolognaisie' dogs from Bologna in Italy, their names, Lusette, Madore, Rosette and Mouche are inscribed on a lawn between the base of a column at the left and the urn depicting a scene of a sacrifice in relief, on which is perched an alarmed jay, at the right.
Provenance
Given with the property to the National Trust in 1941 by Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan, 3rd Bt (1870-1958)
Credit line
Wallington, The Trevelyan Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Lusette, Madore, Roselle, Mouche
Makers and roles
John Wootton (Snitterfield c.1682 – London 1764), artist