Painter and his Pug

Painter and his Pug is a 1745 self-portrait created by William Hogarth. He began the portrait a decade earlier. The portrait was originally created with the intention of Hogarth wearing formal attire, but was changed to the informal attire sometime during the painting process.[1] He also added his Pug, Trump.

In the portrait, Hogarth himself is in a painting as the pug is alongside him, making the dog "real" as opposed to the created person.[2] The dog is indifferent to the painting, to the books and to the painting palette (which shows Hogarth's Line of Beauty). So the painting seems to be a Vanitas still life. But, as an ironic disruption, the cloth behind the dog comes out of the painting.

The painting is part of the collections of the Tate Gallery.

References
  1. "The Painter and his Pug, William Hogarth". Tate Britain. August 2004. Retrieved May 5, 2013.
  2. Ma, Brian Thom McQuade (2012). Seven Painters Who Changed the Course of Art History. p. 120. ISBN 9781477227411.
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