Cat concert
ca. 1640–70
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 3 3/8 × 3 1/16 in. (8.6 × 7.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
Accession Number
53.600.2365
Art Historical Context
**Cat Concert** *Jacques Dassonville, ca. 1640–70* Etching, sheet (trimmed): 3 3/8 × 3 1/16 in. (8.6 × 7.8 cm) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Brisbane Dick Fund, 3 Step into the playful world of Jacques Dassonville's *Cat Concert*, a charming etching from the mid-17th century. Created during the Baroque era, this intimate print likely depicts felines gathered in a mock musical performance—a whimsical motif popular in Northern European genre scenes. Dassonville, a lesser-known printmaker active around this time, captures the humor of anthropomorphic animals, turning everyday pets into...