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When people can never agree, you might say that they "fight like cats and dogs." This, and many other sayings, or proverbs, are medieval in origin, and guessing proverbs from illustrated versions of them was a popular form of entertainment. Since proverbs were often based on analogies or even nonsense, they provided the artist with a chance to create clever and humorous scenes, like the cartoonish cat and dog snarling at each other here.
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Document identity
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81320
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To Agree Like Cat and Dog
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object
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Source metadata
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81320
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object
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normalized
title
To Agree Like Cat and Dog
description
When people can never agree, you might say that they "fight like cats and dogs." This, and many other sayings, or proverbs, are medieval in origin, and guessing proverbs from illustrated versions of them was a popular form of entertainment. Since proverbs were often based on analogies or even nonsense, they provided the artist with a chance to create clever and humorous scenes, like the cartoonish cat and dog snarling at each other here.
provenance
Léon Gruel [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [no. 12]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1906 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1490 (Renaissance)
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CC0
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en
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illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
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1
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cm
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20
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13
dimensionsRaw
H: 7 7/8 x W: 5 1/8 in. (20 x 13 cm)
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med
ink on paper
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6229
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MSS
REN
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2829
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1
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0
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photo
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