# @gettymuseum on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CUvbjBxBnU9
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34228908-gettymuseum-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2021-10-07T20:39:11.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Getty (@gettymuseum) — https://gondola.cc/gettymuseum

## Caption

Think you're a dog person? Think again. 🐶 

The same dog appears in illumination after illumination by Simon Bening, the most celebrated manuscript artist of the 16th century. Was it possibly his own dog? A Brittany Spaniel, to be exact.

Dogs in medieval illuminations often have a symbolic meaning, usually related to loyalty, but in Bening’s works, they seem to pop up everywhere without a clear rhyme or reason.

What do you think? Is there a deeper meaning, or did Bening just have a serious case of puppy love?

Artworks:
1. Christ before Herod, about 1525–30, Simon Bening. The J. Paul Getty Museum
2. The Denial of Saint Peter, about 1525–30, Simon Bening. The J. Paul Getty Museum
3. The King of Arms of the Order of the Golden Fleece Writing about Jacques de Lalaing, about 1530, Simon Bening. The J. Paul Getty Museum
4. Border with Abraham Washing the Feet of the Three Angels, about 1525–30, Simon Bening. The J. Paul Getty Museum
5. Christ Led from Herod to Pilate, about 1525–30, Simon Bening. The J. Paul Getty Museum
6. Christ before Annas, about 1525–30, Simon Bening. The J. Paul Getty Museum

🏷️ #Getty #Manuscripts #MedievalArt #DogArt #DogsofInstagram #PuppyLove

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dogart, getty, manuscripts, dogsofinstagram, medievalart, puppylove

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