MAKE A MEME View Large Image Jan van Bijlert - Girl Teasing a Cat - Walters 372659.jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Q18748843 Creator Jan van Bijlert A child teasing a cat is a frequent subject in Dutch art; it refers to the idea that sexual teasing can lead to a painful ...
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Keywords: Jan van Bijlert - Girl Teasing a Cat - Walters 372659.jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Q18748843 Creator Jan van Bijlert A child teasing a cat is a frequent subject in Dutch art; it refers to the idea that sexual teasing can lead to a painful scratching That this mischievous girl is partially disrobed makes the consequences more obvious and erotic-since her bared skin teases the viewer as well Her voluptuousness and apparent cheerfulness suggest a brothel not the everyday life of children Van Bijlert a leading master in Utrecht owes his sensual treatment of the human body to the influence of his teacher Abraham Bloemaert and the paintings by the great Italian master Caravaggio that he saw while in Rome 1621-24/25 such as the latter's melancholic starkly sensual Musicians from which he apparently adapted the shoulder and arm of the boy at the right for this girl ca 1630 Baroque oil on panel cm 41 5 33 accession number 37 2659 38664 Daphne Alazraki Old master Paintings New York Wallters Art Museum Baltimore 1993 by purchase Museum purchase with funds provided by the W Alton Jones Acquisition Fund 1993 J v bijlert fe Going for Baroque The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1995-1996 Masters of Light Dutch Painters in Utrecht During the Golden Age The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco San Francisco; The National Gallery London 1997-1998 place of origin Utrecht Netherlands Walters Art Museum license 2D Baroque paintings in the Walters Art Museum Paintings by Jan van Bijlert 17th-century oil on panel paintings in the United States Paintings of girls with cats 1630s paintings in the United States Female human backs in art
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