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Renaissance pet portraits
Ruffs, velvet, lace and gold braid, painted around your own pet’s face in the manner of an old-master portrait and printed on real canvas. Upload one photo and see your custom portrait before you pay.
Start with a photo
Canvas from $54.95, US shipping included.
What people mean by a Renaissance pet portrait
The name has stuck to a whole family of pictures: a pet dressed as a noble, lit from one side against a dark ground, painted the way court painters painted people. Strictly speaking, they borrow from several centuries at once.
Our Duchess and Queen wear the ruff and the standing lace collar of the late Renaissance, roughly 1560 to 1630. Our General, Admiral and Colonel wear the dress uniforms of the Napoleonic years, two centuries later. The Princess belongs to the pastel boudoirs of the 1700s.
What they share is the manner: the texture of oil paint, visible brushwork, soft light from one side, and a sitter who looks faintly unimpressed.
Six portraits, three centuries
Choose one and it is selected in the order form below. Every title is open to dogs, cats and other pets.
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The GeneralNavy dress coat, gold epaulettes, red sash.Shown on a Shiba Inu.Choose The General
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The AdmiralNaval coat, bicorne hat, a storm at sea.Shown on a black Labrador.Choose The Admiral
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The ColonelGreen hussar jacket, gold braid, crimson collar.Shown on a German shepherd.Choose The Colonel
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The QueenBurgundy velvet, lace collar, a crown of roses.Shown on a white longhair cat.Choose The Queen
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The DuchessMidnight velvet, lace ruff, pearls.Shown on a gray tabby.Choose The Duchess
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The PrincessPink satin, ribbons, a silver tiara.Shown on a Maltese.Choose The Princess
How ours are made
No brush touches the canvas. The artwork is created by AI image tools from your photo, in the style of a classical oil portrait, and then printed as a giclée on archival canvas. That is why it takes a minute rather than a month, and why it costs what it does.
If what you want is an original oil painting by a human hand, commission a painter: it is a different object, at a different price. Our guide to AI and hand-painted pet portraits compares the two plainly.
From camera roll to canvas
Send one photo
A clear, well-lit photo of your pet’s face. Phone photos are perfect.
See your portrait
It is ready in about a minute, and the preview is free. Not quite right? Try another title.
We print and ship
Giclée-printed on archival canvas in the USA. On your wall in 3 to 8 business days.
Commission the portrait
Four quick choices, then your free preview. You only pay if you order.
A real canvas, ready to hang
Printed to order in the USA and stretched over a wooden frame. It arrives ready for the wall.
- Canvas
- Archival poly-cotton, 360 gsm, semi-gloss finish.
- Giclée with archival inks, rated by the printer to resist fading for over 100 years.
- Frame
- Solid wood stretcher bars, 1.25 in deep.
- Hanging
- Sawtooth hanger attached. One nail and it is up.
- Sizes
- 8 × 10, 11 × 14 and 16 × 20 in.
Semi-gloss archival canvas. Drag it to turn it around.
Letter paper
8.5 × 11 in
8.5 × 11 in
8 × 10 in11 × 14 in16 × 20 inYou see it first. Then you decide.
The preview is free
Your portrait is made before you pay. Not right? Try another title or another photo.
What you approve is what we print
The image in your preview is the image on your canvas.
Damaged in transit, reprinted free
Email us a photo of the damage within 14 days and a new canvas is on its way.
Questions about the style
Which portrait is the most Renaissance?
The Duchess. Her pleated ruff, pearls and jewelled cap are straight out of the late 1500s. The Queen, with her standing lace collar, is a close second.
Is it a real oil painting?
No. It is an image made with AI in the style of an oil portrait, printed on canvas. The canvas has a real woven surface, but the brushwork is part of the picture, not paint you can feel.
What kind of photo works best?
One where your pet faces the camera in good light, with both eyes visible. Phone photos are fine. Blurry, dark or far-away photos give weaker portraits.
What if I don’t like the preview?
Then don’t order. Try another title or another photo instead. Previews are free, with a daily limit per visitor.
Does the canvas come framed?
It comes stretched over solid wood bars, 1.25 in deep, with the picture mirrored around the edges and a sawtooth hanger attached. It needs no frame: one nail and it is up.
How long does delivery take?
Printing takes 2 to 3 business days, and US delivery 1 to 5 business days after that. You get a tracking link by email when your canvas ships. Digital files are ready to download right after payment.
More rooms
- Pets at court: a short history of royal pet portraitsFrom Louis XIV’s hunting dogs to Queen Victoria’s spaniel and the dogs playing poker.
- What is a giclée canvas print?What the word means, how the print is made, how long it lasts, and how to look after one.
- AI or hand-painted pet portraits: an honest comparisonPrice, time, likeness and what you actually receive, compared plainly. And when to commission a painter instead.
- Royal dog portraitsGenerals, admirals, colonels and princesses, for dogs of every size and every degree of dignity.
- Royal cat portraitsQueens, duchesses and the occasional general, for cats who already behave like royalty.
- Military pet portraitsA general’s dress coat, an admiral’s bicorne, a colonel’s hussar jacket: three uniforms for pets in command.