Cats Depicted in Art

Cats Depicted in Art

Here are just a few of the many depictions of cats in art through the centuries.

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600 B.C. Bronze.

Egypt.

11th or 12th century.

Bronze incense burner. Islamic, Seljuk.

1450 B.C.

Wall painting fragment. Thebes.

1480 Venetian School.

"Birth of the Virgin." Painting.

1550

Vermeyen. "The Holy Family By The Fire." Painting.

1600-1580 B.C.

Mural fragment. Crete.

1700

Alexandre-François Desportes. "A Cat Attacking Dead Game." Painting.

17th century

Jan Steen. "The Cat's Dancing Lesson." Oil on panel.

1787

Francisco Goya. "Don Manuel Osorio de Zuñiga." Oil.

1797-98

Francisco Goya. "The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters." Etching with aquatint.

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