Merrymaking at Shrovetide
Guess what is the most amusing entertainment during the season of feasts and carnivals?
Of course, it is feeding your cat with a lot of tasty things!
Famous Dutch artist Frans Hals once painted Us when a company of merry humans at Shrovetide, aka Pancakes Week, suggested Us various fishes and sausages, and, of course, Our beloved shrimps!
Frans Hals, Merry cat feeders at Shrovetide
Now you know the thrilling secret: why We grew so fat!
Just compare this true version with the commonly known one, to be found at the Metropolitan Museum in NYC:
Frans Hals, Merrymakers at Shrovetide, from the Metropolitan Museum collection
Do you think that humans there are selfish? At the 17th century, cats were not allowed to sit at the table with humans, that is why Hals hid his masterpiece till the times where humans would not dare to prohibit anything to their cats.
These times came!
But please, be accurate with feeding, Shrovetide cannot last all time!
And thank you, dear Metropolitan Museum, for allowing everybody to download your high-resolution paintings images!
Thus speaks Zarathustra the Cat
What there was a time when cats were not allowed to sit on the table? love Blue Wren (aka martabrysha_artist