17th century Pugs

Renée Willes writes about the painting below in the book Allt om mops that “Pugs with this heavy look existed in both Denmark and Sweden during this time [i.e. around 1600]” (Willes 2006: 73, my translation from Swedish).

Renée Willes writes about the painting below in the book Allt om mops that “Reproductions of dogs resembling Pugs above all from the 17th century sometimes show completely white dogs with very big ears but otherwise clearly recognizable as Pugs” (Willes 2006: 74, my translation from Swedish).

Renée Willes writes about the painting below in the book Allt om mops that “of the queen’s Pugs it is either Madame or Riri that is also portrayed [besides the wind hound]” (Willes 2006: 75, my translation from Swedish). Note that there are three black(ish) Puglike dogs on the painting, of which two have white markings.

18th century Pugs