Two Children Teasing a Cat
Annibale Carracci
€39,90
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- 380g/m² cotton canvas — certified museum quality
- Solid wood stretcher bar with 0.75” gallery wrap
- HD Giclée print — colour-true to the original
- Ready to hang — hanging hardware included
Two Children Teasing a Cat, painted around 1587–90 by Annibale Carracci, is an early and remarkably naturalistic genre scene by one of the founders of the Bolognese school and a pivotal figure in the transition from Mannerism to Baroque painting. The composition depicts two boys tormenting a bristling, hissing cat with a crayfish, captured with a directness and humor rare in Italian painting of the period.
Carracci's unflinching observation of childhood mischief, rendered with vigorous, confident brushwork and a keen eye for animal behavior, reflects the naturalistic reform he championed against the artificiality of late Mannerism. This early genre subject reveals the roots of the close, empirical observation of everyday life that would become a hallmark of Carracci's mature style and profoundly influence the direction of Italian Baroque painting.
Held in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, this museum-quality stretched canvas reproduction is printed on premium matte canvas and hand-wrapped around a solid 0.75-inch gallery wrap frame — ready to hang and built to last.
| Artist | Annibale Carracci |
| Year | 1587–90 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 26 x 35 in. (66 x 88.9 cm) |
| Collection | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
| Movement | Baroque |
