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Boy in a brown jacket searches a small spaniel in his lap for fleas, seated in a dim room beside a table and hat.

Boy Picking Fleas from a Little Dog

A boy in a brown jacket and teal breeches sits on a wooden chair, bent over a small white and brown spaniel in his lap as he searches its coat. A hat rests on a bench in the foreground, and a book and pipe lie on a table in the dim interior.

Artist
copy after Gerard ter Borch (II)
Date
1718
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
3183 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1718.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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