Arts presentation

• Art
• Secondary Education

Animals in Artworks

Bear Hunt, Paulus Potter, 1649

The bear hunt. A bear in a fierce fight with a pack of hunting dogs, on the left a hunter on horseback with a drawn sword. On the right a bear flees into a tree.

Count the dogs in the painting.

How many dogs did you count in the painting?

1. 3
2. 6
3. 5
4. 2

Cat with Kittens, Henriëtte Ronner, 1844

Cat with boy. In the window of a wooden shed sits a cat with four cubs on an old blanket. Around the window ivy and bindweed.

Why you like/don't like cats?

Can you tell us a few things about why you like animals in works of art?