A Cat Stealing Fish, late 1660s, Oil on canvas, 38 x 50 1/2 in. (96.5 x 128.3 cm), Paintings, Giuseppe Recco (Italian, Neapolitan, 1634–1695), This animated scene shows a cat caught in the act of devouring an octopus. The painting, dating from the high point of Recco’s career, shows the painter’s exceptional ability to depict a dazzling range of surfaces and materials, from iridescent fish scales, slimy mollusks, and other crustaceans, to hammered copper
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