Aap dwingt een kat de kastanjes uit het vuur te halen 1680 - 1723

Jacob Gole's "Aap dwingt een kat de kastanjes uit het vuur te halen" (1680 - 1723), a Dutch etching, depicts a monkey forcing a cat to retrieve chestnuts from a fire. The scene, likely referencing the proverb "Let another fetch the chestnuts out of the fire", was a popular subject for moralizing prints, highlighting the dangers of letting others do your dirty work. The etching's detailed rendering of the animals and the interior setting, created using meticulous cross-hatching, reveals the artist's mastery of the medium. This small-scale print, measuring only 140 mm by 183 mm, is now part of the Rijksmuseum collection.