Animal Trainer with Dancing Dog , a Bear and a Monkey

A whimsical painting by Louis-Leopold Boilly (1761-1845 Paris) was painted in oil on canvas and shows an animal trainer playing the flute as his dogs perform a little dancing routine. Interestingly enough this painting does not give the viewer any clues as to where this is all taking place. 
Today we still might spot a performing monkey on the streets, but a bear?! It makes you wonder how many of the old timer street performers were harmed by wild animals they kept as they travelled from town to town in hopes of carving out a meager living as a street performer. 
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