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]

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 painting is part of the collections of the Tate Gallery.

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