Judith Leyster, 1635
A Boy and a Girl with a Cat and an Eel
According to the National Gallery of London, Judith Leyster’s A Boy and a Girl with a Cat and an Eel may be a moral lesson—a literalization of the Dutch idiom “He who plays with cats gets scratched.” But like many of Leyster’s works, these children look like they're just having too much fun. Who can hold that against them? read more
