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catbyte

(34,170 posts)
Fri Jan 11, 2019, 04:26 PM Jan 2019

An art historian's cat clawed a hole into the 17th century painting he was restoring.

Alex Wexelman

The Internet is teeming with videos of cats swiping objects off of dressers. Damage is usually negligible and our furry friends are forgiven. Bendor Grosvenor’s cat, however, is in the doghouse now after it clawed a 17th century portrait its owner bought for £5,250 ($6,680) in 2015.

Grosvenor, an art historian who has appeared on the BBC series Britain’s Lost Masterpieces and Fake or Fortune?, was restoring his John Michael Wright painting. “As I stood back to admire my handiwork, up jumped our cat, landing forcefully in the centre of the painting with a crunch,” he told The Telegraph. “Disaster.”

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His cat Padme, Grosvenor added, is “not a fan of John Michael Wright, and regrets nothing.”

https://www.artsy.net/news/artsy-editorial-art-historians-cat-clawed-hole-17th-century-painting-restoring
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I learned long ago that the house is the cat's. We're merely the bill payers. If it's not out of reach, it's fair game.

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An art historian's cat clawed a hole into the 17th century painting he was restoring. (Original Post) catbyte Jan 2019 OP
They will be attracted TDale313 Jan 2019 #1
Exactly. I've had many torn up newspapers. applegrove Jan 2019 #4
Ooooh, kitty... calimary Jan 2019 #2
Wish there'd been a photo of the painting cyclonefence Jan 2019 #3
That's why I gave up having nice things decades ago. catbyte Jan 2019 #5

cyclonefence

(4,483 posts)
3. Wish there'd been a photo of the painting
Fri Jan 11, 2019, 05:45 PM
Jan 2019

kitty sez if there's no photo it didn't happen.

As I carefully removed from the tree and wrapped individually in tissue paper the christmas ornaments I inherited from my grandmothers, my cat came out of nowhere, jumped into the middle of the box and blissfully kneaded that 19th century mercury glass into so many shards. I put the lid on and stored the box in the basement.

catbyte

(34,170 posts)
5. That's why I gave up having nice things decades ago.
Fri Jan 11, 2019, 10:02 PM
Jan 2019

It's either them...or the cat. And, looking back at the love, companionship, and laughs cats have given given me over the years, I wouldn't have it any other way.

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