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Two Children Teasing a Cat  1590

by Annibale Carracci

In this picture the viewer is invited to imagine the result of teasing an obviously unhappy cat (you can almost hear it growling). For surely the little girl’s hand will be scratched. The picture thus incorporates a time factor and carries a lesson similar to “Let sleeping dogs lie" and "Don’t go poking around vipers." Painted with a directness and spontaneity that look fo...
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Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art