Great Art Jigsaw

Judith Jans Leyster 1609-1660
Born in Haarlem, Leyster was a Dutch painter who specialsed in portraits, still life and genre (scenes from everyday life) paintings. Art historians feel that there is a similiarity between Leyster's work and that of Frans Hals, leading to speculation that she might have been a student of his at one time. Read more about Judith Leyster at Wikipedia and at National Museum of Women in the Arts.
You can view more of her work at Art Renewal Centre.

A boy and a girl with a cat and an eel, 1635
It is thought that this painting illustrates an old Dutch aphorism:
'He who plays with cats gets scratched' - if you go looking for trouble you might just find it! The cat certainly doesn't look very happy at having his tail pulled.
Read more online at the National Gallery which owns this painting.