Breeds / Maltese

Maltese images, transparent background

Nine standard views of the Maltese, on a transparent background.

Free previews: transparent WebP, 512 and 1024 pixels, with a credit link. Full size: transparent PNG, 2048 pixels, with a plan. AI-generated illustrations.

About the Maltese

Maltese dog refers both to an ancient variety of dwarf, white-coated dog breed from Italy and generally associated also with the island of Malta, and to a modern breed of similar dogs in the toy group, genetically related to the Bichon, Bolognese, and Havanese breeds. The precise link, if any, between the modern and ancient breeds is not known. Nicholas Cutillo suggested that Maltese dogs might descend from spitz-type canines, and that the ancient variety probably was similar to the latter Pomeranian breeds with their short snout, pricked ears, and bulbous heads. These two varieties, according to Stanley Coren, were perhaps the first dogs employed as human companions.

Text from the Wikipedia article Maltese dog, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

The same view for every breed

Every breed in the catalog is drawn from the same nine angles, so you can compare them side by side: front, front three-quarter, left, left side, rear three-quarter, left, rear, rear three-quarter, right, right side, front three-quarter, right, head portrait.

Use these images

Previews up to 1024 pixels are free to reuse with a visible credit link. Copy this next to the image:

<a href="https://dogimage.dev/dogs/maltese">Maltese image: Dog Image API</a>

Fetch a preview, no key needed:

curl -L "https://dogimage.dev/api/v1/images/maltese/default/front-left?size=1024" -o maltese.webp

Full-size transparent 2048 pixel PNG, with a plan:

curl "https://dogimage.dev/api/v1/images/maltese/default/front-left?size=full" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DOG_IMAGE_API_KEY" -o maltese.png