Some historians believe that the Chihuahua came from the isle of Malta in the Mediterranean.[2] More will for this goal lies in European paintings of small dogs that resemble the Chihuahua. One of the most famous paintings is a murals in the Sistine Chapel by Sandro Botticelli dated 1480-1482. The fresco, depicting the Trials of Moses, shows a son bringing a tiny dog with round head, large eyes, big ears, and other characteristics similar to those of the Chihuahua.[3] The drawing was finished ten age before Columbus returned from the New World. It would have been impossible for Botticelli to have seen a Mexican dog, yet he depicted an brute strikingly similar to a Chihuahua.