Just a wonderful collection of ‘cats stealing food in paintings’
Since the dawn of the internet, cats have featured prominently as a collective obsession. Perfectly understandable, in our opinion. There are literally hundreds of social media accounts dedicated to our feline friends, but it turns out that this obsession pre-dates the digital age by many, many years.
Looking through the following collection of ‘cats stealing food in paintings’ we can deduce that the great artists of the past were just as cat obsessed as us.
Thanks to James Lucas for compiling the artworks and sharing on Twitter.
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Thread of cats stealing food in paintings
1. Still Life with cat by Desportes, 1705 pic.twitter.com/v6cXHbLFOZ
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2. Still Life of the remnants of a meal with a lunging cat, Alexandre-François Desportes, 18th century pic.twitter.com/tddBaLmmIH
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3. Fish still life with two cats by Martin Ferdinand Quadal, 1781
This little devil said: “Okay, I will stay here and be the lookout." pic.twitter.com/xlyPdBYgsd
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4. Still life with a cat and a mackerel on a table top by Giovanni Rivalta, 18th century pic.twitter.com/X24rUnYIrU
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5. The Collared Thief by William James Webbe, 1860 pic.twitter.com/v1s2gkkL9g
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6. Cat stealing a string of sausages by Abraham van Beyeren, 17th century pic.twitter.com/tV07nNP7se
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7. Still life with a cat by Sebastiano Lazzari, 1760 pic.twitter.com/5otGDPqlpg
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8. Kitchen still life with fish and cat by Sebastian Stoskopff, ca 1650 pic.twitter.com/o0PkN3wLPx
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9. An oyster supper by Horatio Henry Couldery, 1882 pic.twitter.com/ftQdsU5DOY
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10. Still Life with an ebony chest by Frans Snyders, 17th century
Can you spot the thief? pic.twitter.com/57EwxmX2yA
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11. Still life with a cat by Alexandre-Francois Desportes, 1724 pic.twitter.com/4nQcovtYCR
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12. A Cat Attacking Dead Game by Alexandre-François Desportes, 18th century pic.twitter.com/HgUJNb8meh
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