Two children teasing a cat
Annibale Carracci · 1590
Why it's great
Two kids laugh as one pulls a cat by the tail and the cat hisses and scratches. Annibale Carracci painted this funny scene in about 1590, and it is a warning that teasing leads to scratches.
Where to see it
📍 Metropolitan Museum of ArtManhattan, United States
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Annibale Carracci was an Italian painter born in Bologna in 1560. He and his brother and cousin founded an art school that brought back the clear, natural style of the Renaissance, and he painted the ceiling of the Farnese Gallery in Rome. He died in 1609.
