The Rijksmuseum museum said that it had finally sniffed out a sketch that inspired the dog in Rembrandt's iconic "Night Watch ...

New research into his 1642 masterpiece suggests that Rembrandt’s barking dog was based on an earlier illustration by Dutch artist Adriaen van de Venne.

Dogs seem to be as popular on a canvas these days as they are on a leash, with paintings of dogs drawing big bucks and big crowds. At the annual "dogs only" art auction held after the Westminster Dog ...