Abraham Hondius, 1670 - The Monkey and the Cat - fine art print

What does the original artwork description of the The Cleveland Museum of Art say about the 17th century work of art painted by Abraham Hondius? (© - The Cleveland Museum of Art - The Cleveland Museum of Art)

This 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.

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This over 350 years old artwork The Monkey and the Cat was painted by Abraham Hondius in 1670. The more than 350 years old original version was painted with the size: Framed: 80 x 93,5 x 6 cm (31 1/2 x 36 13/16 x 2 3/8 in); Unframed: 62,2 x 73,7 cm (24 1/2 x 29 in). Oil on canvas was used by the painter as the technique for the masterpiece. The original artwork's inscription is - "signed lower left: "Abraham Hondius"". This artpiece is in the the collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art. This work of art, which is in the public domain is being supplied with courtesy of The Cleveland Museum of Art. The creditline of the artwork is: Gift of The Butkin Foundation. In addition to this, the alignment is in landscape format and has a ratio of 1.2 : 1, which implies that the length is 20% longer than the width.

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