Saturday, 3 January 2009

Earliest guinea pig in a western painting

[Three children, bird and guinea pig. Artist Unknown. c1585] Private collection
There is a painting in a private collection, from the late 1500s.

It's the earliest western painting I've come across with a guinea pig in it.
I'd like to find out more about it, so, if you have information, let me know...

1 comment:

CJFewtrell said...

The painting, held in a private collection, was shown in the National Portrait Gallery's (London), Elizabeth I & her people, 10 October 2013 - 5 January 2014, http://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/elizabethi/exhibition.php