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English:
"The Mice are burying the Cat". An 18th-century Russian
lubok
print with a very popular plot, that of the mice burying the cat. It has been commonly thought this plot is a caricature of Peter the Great's burial, authored by the opponents of his innovations. (Indeed, the caption above the Cat says, "The Cat of Kazan, the Mind of Astrakhan, the Wisdom of Siberia" -- which itself is a parody of the title of Russian Czars). However, it has been claimed by modern researchers that this is simply a representation of carnivaluesque inversion, "turning the world upside down".
Русский:
"Мыши кота погребают" (Лубок XVIII в.)
Гравюра РНБ была приобретена в 1766 г. Я.И.Штелиным в Москве, у Спасских ворот, в числе других лубочных листов. Она дошла до нас в единственном экземпляре и является самой ранней картинкой на этот сюжет. Год издания: Конец XVII - начало XVIII в. Оттиск 1760-х гг. Техника: Раскрашенная гравюра на дереве Размеры в см: 32,8 х 57,3. Отпечатана с 2 досок на 2 листах, затем склеена Коллекция: Собрание М.П.Погодина |
| Date | circa 1725 |
| Source | [1] |
| Author | An unknown 18th-century Russian folk artist. |
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Image:Лубок Как мыши кота хоронили.png Also, note the similarity to a Vietnamese woodprint Image:Đám cưới chuột.JPG ! |
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