Two Children Teasing a Cat
The Met
Artist: Annibale Carracci(Italian, Bologna 1560–1609 Rome)
Department: European Paintings
Classification: Paintings
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 26 x 35 in. (66 x 88.9 cm)
Credit Line: Purchase, Gwynne Andrews Fund, and Bequests of Collis P. Huntington and Ogden Mills, by exchange, 1994
Visual Descriptions
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Brief Description
A boy holds an insect over a cat, a girl watches, another insect on a table
Detailed Description
Two children and a cat are positioned around a brown table against a dark, plain background. On the right, a boy with short, dark brown hair and a light complexion wears a mustard yellow jacket with a ruffled white collar. He leans forward, looking down, and holds a dark, multi-legged insect between the thumb and forefinger of his right hand, positioning it above the cat. His left hand rests on the girl's shoulder. To the left, a girl with curly brown hair pulled back, adorned with a red ribbon, looks towards the boy and the cat. She has a light complexion and wears a pink dress with a light green and white trim around the neckline. Her right arm rests on the table. In the lower right, an orange and white striped cat sits on the table, facing left, with its head lowered, looking at a smaller, dark insect on the table surface. The brown table occupies the lower portion of the canvas. Lighting appears to originate from the upper left, highlighting the children's faces and the cat.
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