The Monkey and the Cat

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Monkey and the Cat

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Date
probably 1670s
Medium
oil on canvas
Culture
Netherlands
Department
European Painting and Sculpture
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
149770

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This picture interprets one of Aesop’s ancient Greek fables (or probably the more contemporary interpretation by Jean de la Fontaine, even more famous at the time), which warns of the dangers of flattery. A monkey sweet-talks a cat into pulling scalding chestnuts out of the fire. The cat finishes the risky and painful task to discover that the monkey has already gobbled up nearly all of them.

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Credit line
Gift of The Butkin Foundation
Provenance
1979-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio | 1974-1979: The Butkin Foundation, Cleveland, OH, by gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art 1 | c. 1968-1974: Noah Butkin [1918-1980], Cleveland, OH, probably by exchange to The Butkin Foundation | Until c. 1968: (Judson Art Galleries, Kenilworth, IL, sold to Noah Butkin) | Probably until the mid-1960s: (Central Picture Galleries, New York, sold to Judson Art Galleries)1

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