One of my favorite sub-genres of art is Cats Stealing Food in Still Life Paintings.
Its so wonderfully disrespectful.
So here is a thread celebrating the need for snacks triumphing over art.
First, Still Life with Cat.
For proof, just look at art history.
Its so wonderfully disrespectful.
So here is a thread celebrating the need for snacks triumphing over art.
The paintings show them swiping sausage and being caught with whole fish in their mouths.
In one piece, the cat is deciding if its worth pawing an entire tray of oysters.
The tweet thread also teaches an enduring lesson.
Think that cats stealing human food only happens today?
One Twitter thread is showing that no, kitties have been mischievous throughout the centuries.
Still life with a Cat and a Mackerel on a Tabletop.
Giovanni Rivalta.https://t.co/xQvCm46dVzpic.twitter.com/klqX9TFAdk
Still life with Cat.
1760.https://t.co/CLVL7gpUdJpic.twitter.com/HTbWY5OUp7
The lack of guilt on this one kills me.
Still life with cat and fish.
Jean Baptiste Simeon Chardin, 1728.https://t.co/zFHySok2N9pic.twitter.com/S9oJSQ6NLJ
Still Life with an Ebony Chest.
Frans Snyders, 17th century.https://t.co/8ZNaVYZ8NHpic.twitter.com/YgwtKjYjZu
…as long as they can get a tasty treat.
Kitchen still life with fish and cat.
1650.https://t.co/cawPT2bsokpic.twitter.com/KQkawaJWk6
Still Life with Fish, Oysters, Birds, and Cat.
Alexander Adriaenssen, 1631.https://t.co/G10ez8xCLUpic.twitter.com/u4XlDh3hdT
Look at this absolute gremlin.
