In Donatello 's " Feast of Herod , " how are the foreground figures represented ?
The boy with the torch in the foreground may be the exiled Charles I Louis , Elector Palatine ( born 1617 , son of Elizabeth Stuart ) , who inherited in 1632 , and the somewhat lion - like dog in a sitting - up posture may be an illusion to the lions in the arms of the Electoral Palatinate as well as those of the Dutch Republic .