De Goya's "The Dog" is a simple rendering of a brown dog looking upwards at a wall of ochre yellow and itself being covered over by a dark brown mass of unknown origin. The colours are rich and vivid and almost minimalist but the themes are multitude and fit in with the Romaniticism ideals of solitude, darkness, and the forces of nature overwhelming the isolated human. The painting was not meant for public exhibition but is now famous for its myriad associations and deep rendering.