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Baroque Pearl Mounted as a Cat Holding a Mouse
17th century
- Medium
- Gold, enamel, and baroque pearl
- Classification
- Costume and Accessories
- Dimensions
- 2.7 × 4 cm (1 1/16 × 1 1/2 in.)
- Culture
- Spain
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Applied Arts of Europe
- Credit line
- Gift of Marilynn B. Alsdorf
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Art Institute of Chicago
About this work
This decorative personal object would have been fashionable on several levels in late 16th-century Spain. The flecked white enameling used to depict the cat's fur was used in many similar objects, and baroque pearls enjoyed great popularity for their uniqueness.
This piece would have originally been on a chain or a pendant, as evidenced by the three small holes in the cat's ears and by its tail.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
