#5 In the 17th and 18th centuries, these companion dogs were often immortalized in portraits of their famous owners, for example in Francisco de Goya’s painting “The Duchess of Alba”, which shows a small white dog with curly fur in the left corner of the picture.
#6 Under the reign of Napoleon III. It was also called “Bichon Ténériffe” for a time before it was officially agreed in 1978 as “Bichon (á poil) Frisé”, which literally means “curly-haired lapdog” in French.
