Rembrandt & His Poodle

Rembrandt and his poodle.

One of the most famous earlier poodle paintings is a baroque style oil painting by Rembrandt dated 1631. The painting is a self portrait of Rembrandt with a brown and white poodle.  The poodle is mostly brown on the right and white on the left, with a white blaze on the head and white around the muzzle.