I'd love to know the actual story behind this painting

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Matt85 · 36-40, M

kids always be giving cats trouble

JustNik · 51-55, F

The cat’s happy cuz it’s about to get a fish? or maybe the cat already [i]had[/i] the fish that was supposed to be the girl’s dinner and that’s not a happy face but rather agony cuz she’s crushing its paw and she looks satisfied because now she’s having cat [i]and[/i] fish for dinner. Either way it seems to be the final portrait of something.

DrWatson · 70-79, M

@JustNik On the other hand, considering how long she would have had to pose for, I wonder how many dead fish are piled up off to the side of her!

Ferric67 · M

Maybe the cat was trying to eat the fish and she was separating the two

Girlbehindthecurtain · 31-35, F

@Ferric67 that's my guess

DrWatson · 70-79, M

The authors of art history books could get some writing tips from you!

ElwoodBlues · M

A quick google search got me this

Four-Year-Old Girl with Cat and Fish (1647) by Jacob Gerritsz Cuyp (1594 - 1652), Dutch Golden Age painter

Also, "Cuyp was the most important portraitist in Dordrecht during the first half of the seventeenth century"

Girlbehindthecurtain · 31-35, F

@ElwoodBlues but why a fish and a cat tho?

DrWatson · 70-79, M

@ElwoodBlues Of course he was the most important portraitist. He was the only one who could cajole a girl to stand in place holding a fish and a cat! With talent like that, the man was bound to go places!

ElwoodBlues · M

@Girlbehindthecurtain Now that you have the title, artist, city, and date, see what else you can find and report back to us😂🤣

RoxClymer · 41-45, M

my bet is on that being a woman not a child ...... and even back in the day, they had a sense of humor

BobbyMoeven · 51-55, M

This painting just wreaks of future politician or something equally sinister ...

Harmonium1923 · 51-55, M

That gave me a good laugh!

chillout17 · M

Drugs

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