Children Teaching a Cat to Dance, Known as The Dancing Lesson
1660 - 1679
- Medium
- panel
- Dimensions
- 68.5 × 59 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-104744
These children are up to mischief: they are teaching a cat to dance to the music of a small shawm. Widely used between the 15th and 17th centuries, the shawm was the predecessor of the oboe. Mostly played in dance and ceremonial music, shawms were appreciated for their loud tone.
Provenance
Jonkheer J.S.H. van de Poll Bequest, Amsterdam
Registry history
- 1660 - 1679 — Recorded in the collection of Rijksmuseum
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