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A Boy And A Girl With A Cat And An Eel
''A Boy and a Girl with a Cat and an Eel'' is a 1635 oil painting by Judith Leyster that is now in the National Gallery, London. Academic interpretation There have been various interpretations of Judith Leyster's ''A Boy and a Girl with a Cat and an Eel'' by different scholars. Some, such as Neil McLaren, have argued that it represents the Dutch proverb "''Een aal bij de staart hebben''" (or "to hold an eel by the tail") meaning that you do not get to hold onto something just because you have it. This moralistic interpretation is supported, Cynthia Kortenhorst-Von Bogendorff Rupprath says, by the eye contact with the viewer made by the little girl in the painting as she wags her finger. Other interpretations include allusions to other Dutch proverbs as well as the popular pastime in seventeenth-century Dutch festivals or ''kermis'' of ''katknuppelen'', the bludgeoning of cats. The depiction of children torturing or being scratched by cats was a popular one at this time in the Neth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judith Leyster
Judith Jans Leyster (also Leijster; baptised July 28, 1609Molenaer, JudithNational Gallery of Art website. Accessed February 1, 2014. – February 10, 1660) was a Dutch Golden Age painter of genre works, portraits, and still lifes. Her work was highly regarded by her contemporaries, but largely forgotten after her death. Her List of paintings by Judith Leyster, entire ''oeuvre'' came to be attributed to Frans Hals or to her husband, Jan Miense Molenaer. In 1893, she was rediscovered and scholars began to attribute her works properly. Biography Leyster was born in Haarlem to a local brewer. She was the eighth child of Jan Willemsz Leyster. While the details of her training are uncertain, she was mentioned by contemporary Haarlem poet Samuel Ampzing in his book ''Beschrijvinge ende lof der stadt Haerlem'' (1628). Some scholars speculate that Leyster pursued a career in painting to help support her family after her father's bankruptcy. She may have learned painting from Frans Piete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
