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Children Teaching a Cat to Dance, Known as The Dancing Lesson
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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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.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineChildren Teaching a Cat to Dance, Known as The Dancing Lesson. 1660 - 1679. Jan Havicksz. Steen. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
