cma-european-art: The Monkey and the Cat, Abraham Hondius, probably 1670s, Cleveland Museum of Art:
cma-european-art: The Monkey and the Cat, Abraham Hondius, probably 1670s, Cleveland Museum of Art: European Painting and SculptureThis picture interprets one of Aesop’s ancient Greek fables (or probably the more contemporary interpretation by Jean de la Fontaine, even more famous at the time), which warns of the dangers of flattery. A monkey sweet-talks a cat into pulling scalding chestnuts out of the fire. The cat finishes the risky and painful task to discover that the monkey has already gobbled up nearly all of them.Size: Framed: 80 x 93.5 x 6 cm (31 ½ x 36 13/16 x 2 3/8 in.); Unframed: 62.2 x 73.7 cm (24 ½ x 29 in.)Medium: oil on canvashttps://clevelandart.org/art/1979.82 -- source link
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