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Cat and Mouse

Cat and Mouse. Photo Jona Lendering. I would never have noticed them if my friend Marlous had shown them to me: the little cat and mouse on two houses on the Herengracht. (Their numbers are somewhere in the odd 390's.) You will find them on the stretch between the Huidenstraat and Beulingstraat, or, if you prefer another indication: opposite the Biblical Museum, to the left and right of the small canal that connects the Herengracht and the Singel.

Who made them, I do not known. They can be a twentieth-century addition to an old house, but on the other hand, this is exactly the type of joke that artists of all ages have made. Feel free to write me if you know the answer.


Cat and Mouse. Photo Jona Lendering. Here is the cat...
Cat and Mouse. Photo Jona Lendering. ... and here is the little mouse on the opposite house.

Mice are small, and the cat is not too visible either, so here is a little help.

© Jona Lendering for
Livius.Org, 2006
Revision: 17 April 2006
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