Postcard PT-301470

Detail of a 17th century tile pannel with cats. This is a funny decoration called "singeries" or "macacarias". The artist would mock Portuguese society (the upper classes) and some of their most ridiculous habits by portraying them as monkeys, cats or chickens. One can find this kind of examples at the Palacio dos Marqueses de Fronteira [Marquis of Fronteira Palace]- located at Benfica (Lisbon, Portugal) - or at the Tiles Museum (Lisbon, Portugal);