MASTER of the Housebook
(active 1475-90 in Mainz)

Old Bulldog Scratching Himself

c. 1485
Drypoint, 114 x 111 mm
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

The Master of the Housebook executed a number of purely secular themes, focusing on what were the most trivial of daily sights such as the Old Bulldog Scratching Himself.