The Cat's Paw by Edwin Henry Landseer

The Cat's Paw - Edwin Henry Landseer - Classic Oil Painting

Product Overview

From the first sketch to the final varnish, The Cat's Paw is made by hand. Based on Edwin Henry Landseer's original. This classic oil painting wall decor is crafted on artist-grade canvas for anyone who wants wildlife oil painting with the character of an original.

Composition & Subject

1824
Oil on panel
30 x 27.125 in (76.2 x 68.9 cm)
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, United States.

In Jean de La Fontaine's seventeenth-century fable, which this painting illustrates, a cunning monkey persuades a cat to retrieve roasting chestnuts from a fire. The term "cat's paw," meaning a person unwittingly duped by another, derives from this tale.

Numerous engraved and painted precedents for the brutality of Landseer's interpretation existed in the work of seventeenth-century Dutch and British illustrators of La Fontaine. The fabulist's symbolic use of animals to describe the tribulations of human existence became popular among nineteenth-century romantic painters and satirists.

Every hand painted oil painting in this wildlife series is finished on artist-grade canvas and checked against the original before it leaves the studio.

100% Hand Painted on Canvas

Expect subtle, hand-made variation rather than factory uniformity. Each wildlife canvas is painted with oils, allowed to cure properly, and inspected before it is approved for shipment.

What Is Included

• Painted entirely by hand in oils on artist-grade canvas, with no giclée or inkjet process involved.
• An extra 2-inch blank border is left around all edges for easy stretching and framing.
• No middlemen — we ship directly to you worldwide.
• Quick turnaround — most in-stock wildlife paintings ship in 3–10 working days.
• Available canvas sizes for this hand painted oil painting: 20 X 24 in, 24 X 36 in, 30 X 40 in, 36 X 48 in, 48 X 72 in.
• Made-to-measure options are available for this wildlife canvas.
• Affordable delivery options via DHL, UPS, FedEx, USPS and more.
• We stretch your canvas onto wooden bars at no extra charge, and can arrange custom framing.
• Before dispatch we email a digital proof so you can approve the finished canvas.

Styling & Placement

Wondering where wildlife oil painting looks best? Try an entryway mantel, a dining room sideboard, or a hallway gallery wall. The wildlife subject reads clearly from a distance and rewards close viewing up near.

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