Veronese's Dogs

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PublishedSeptember 16, 2026Scroll through the whole page to download all images before printing. Paolo Veronese, Cupid with Two Dogs, 1580, a “great heroic poem” — Source. The art historian Kenneth Clark thought that Veronese was “the greatest dog lover of the Renaissance”. For Ruskin, Veronese’s dogs had a distinctive moral and social quality, which was especially prominent in one particular painting: Cupid with Two Dogs, a “great heroic poem”. It is looking up at Jesus’ white shining face and invites us to join it. Scroll through the whole page to download all images before printing.

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