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Keywords: French - To Agree Like Cat and Dog - Walters W31330R - Detail A.jpg When people can never agree you might say that they fight like cats and dogs This and many other sayings or proverbs are medieval in origin and guessing proverbs from illustrated versions of them was a popular form of entertainment Since proverbs were often based on analogies or even nonsense they provided the artist with a chance to create clever and humorous scenes like the cartoonish cat and dog snarling at each other here ca 1490 Renaissance ink paper cm 20 13 accession number W 313 30R 81320 Léon Gruel date and mode of acquisition unknown no 12 Henry Walters Baltimore 1906 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1906 Checkmate Medieval People at Play The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2010 place of origin Savoy France Walters Art Museum license 2D Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Walters MS W313 - Proverbes en rimes Cats and dogs in art
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