Le Chien de l'hospice, Pierre-Auguste Vafflard, circa 1810

The hospice dog, painting presented in paris at the salon of 1810 (number 791 of the booklet), with the following description: "one of these dogs trained to go in search of men who perish or get lost while crossing the alps, found a poor little child taking refuge under a vault of snow, and did so much by his caresses, that the child climbed on his back and was brought to the hospice by his intelligent handler. ". Object Type: painting. Genre: genre art. Date: circa 1810. Collection: Napoleon museum Arenenberg. Vafflard - Le Chien de l'hospice