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Nine cats crowd around a solemn owl perched above an open book decorated with images of mice, while several of the cats hold musical instruments as though participating in an unusual lesson or concert. Painted around 1700, the scene combines humor, fantasy, and the taste for animal allegory that flourished in European art of the period. Yet its precise meaning remains elusive: the supposedly wise owl appears to instruct natural-born hunters in the very skill they should already possess, giving the painting an absurd, satirical quality. 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