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Cat at Play
Also titled Katjesspel
Henriëtte Ronner (Amsterdam, 1821–1909)
c. 1860 - c. 1878
- Medium
- panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- depth 12.3 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- J.B.A.M. Westerwoudt Bequest, Haarlem
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
About this work
A young cat plays with dominoes on a tabletop. At any moment an unexpected move could tip the ashtray with a burning cigar onto the ground – or worse. With this kind of endearing and amusing scenes Ronner became one of the most successful Dutch artists of her time. Her cat tableaux appealed to the sentimental love of her contemporaries for their pets.
