tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36262675.post1716648952331418717..comments2023-11-05T03:25:46.897-08:00Comments on The Pet Museum: the lives times art and history of our pets: quite a lapdogcuratorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02489649350600851213noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36262675.post-734914742937445192013-02-21T20:16:49.281-08:002013-02-21T20:16:49.281-08:00Parlance, I HAVE seen (and loved) it! Two friends...Parlance, I HAVE seen (and loved) it! Two friends sent it to me on Facebook. And as it happens, Tropinin was sent to school to be a confectioner but attended drawing lessons on the sly. He was too gifted for it to stay hidden long.curatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02489649350600851213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36262675.post-73229628150584305212013-02-21T19:38:24.182-08:002013-02-21T19:38:24.182-08:00I wonder how the little serf boy showed his 'o...I wonder how the little serf boy showed his 'owner' that he was a gifted artist?<br /><br />BTW, have you already seen the photo on the internet of the medieval manuscript with inky paw marks where a cat has walked across it? <br /><br />http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/02/the-15th-century-equivalent-of-your-cat-walking-on-your-keyboard/273283/parlancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11175843064324380048noreply@blogger.com