Can Cats Eat Cheese?
Can Cats Eat Cheese? Sure they can, We, Zarathustra the Cat answer this very important question. Here is the evidence, the original version of the famous Dutch Still Life with Cheeses by Floris van Dijck painted in the 17th century:
Floris van Dijck, Still Life with Cheeses and Cats
The known version of the masterpiece is to be found at Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, and at the museum site, you can explore the painting in detail. and imagine how tasty all this delicious food was. (By the way, in this museum one can find also the cloth covering this table.) Look how lonely are these cheeses without cats!
Floris van Dijck, Still Life with Cheeses, but without cats. From Rijksmuseum collection
While working on the masterpiece, the painter was so concentrated that didn’t shut the door to his studio. The cheese odor was so strong that it called for a very large ginger cat from the dark. Another cat is arriving, blinking its eyes, eager to share delicious food. When Floris van Dijck made another brush stroke and returned from canvas to table, he caught such a scene:
Floris van Dijck, Still Life with Cheeses and Cats, detail
Does anybody doubt that it is the true story?
Thus speaks Zarathustra the Cat
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