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Boy & Dog in Victorian Parlor
Boy & Dog in Victorian Parlor
Artist (1826 - 1892)

Boy & Dog in Victorian Parlor

Date1869
DimensionsFramed: 16 1/4 × 12 3/4 × 1 in. (41.3 × 32.4 × 2.5 cm) Sight: 15 7/8 × 12 1/2 in. (40.3 × 31.8 cm)
Object numberN0448.1961
Credit LineCollection of the Fenimore Art Museum. Gift of Stephen C. Clark
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextIn this small scene, a young boy, dog and cat are depicted in a well-appointed Victorian parlor. The boy has been caught in the act of moving his mother’s embroidery hoop off a chair. Dogs in art are often symbols of guidance, fidelity and faithfulness while cats when accompanied by children are symbols of innocence. Boys oftentimes in genre paintings are found in playful, mischievous moments. In this scene, the boy’s self-assured posture, along with his impish smirk does just that, depicting him in the midst of a willful act.

Rondel was born in Paris in 1826. He came to America in the 1850s and joined the National Academy of Design as a lecturer in 1861. Rondel is best remembered being the only art teacher of Winslow Homer (who was mostly self-taught) while he attended classes at the National Academy of Design between 1861-63.
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