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Two Children with a Cat
Also titled Twee kinderen met een kat
Judith Leyster (Haarlem, 1609–1660)
c. 1630
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 61 cm x width 52 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- On loan from a private collection
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, 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
About this work
What fun! The boy in colourful attire abruptly snatches a treat from under the cat’s nose. At the same time, he keeps the animal away from the grabbing hands of the other child. The cat seems afraid of the little boy and might lash out unexpectedly. And then, it would become a mix of laughter and tears. Judith Leyster’s loose painting style contributes to the vivacity.
