The Cat and the Bat, 1718

Title

The Cat and the Bat

Draughtsman

• Bernard Picart

Contractor, employer

• Antoine Houdar de La Motte

Production Place

• Amsterdam

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Physical Description

Pen and black ink and brush and grey ink, over traces of graphite

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• graphite
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• brush drawing
• washing
• graphite drawing

Geographic Reference

• Netherlandish
• French

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• preliminary drawing for a print

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert und datiert unten rechts (mit der Feder in Grau): B. PICART F. 1718

Captions Added Later

Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• literary representation

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Antoine Houdar de La Motte

Illustrated Passage

• Antoine Houdar de La Motte: Fables nouvelles

Primary

• 85 fables
• 34B12(+9452) cat (+ animal with prey)
• 33B9 flight, running away; pursuing

Secondary

• 45C12(CLUB) weapons for striking a blow: club
• 48C1621 arcade ~ architecture
• 41A541 balustrade