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42 artworks. Compare how artists drew it, or what it meant to them.

Style 1 18

Head of a Cat
1646
Rijksmuseum
Cat Arching Its Back
Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen · 1898
Art Institute of Chicago
Cats
Christoph Voll, German, born Munich, Germany 1897-died Karlsruhe, Germany 1939 · 1930s
Smithsonian
The Large Cat
Cornelis Visscher, Netherlandish, 1629-1658 · 1650s, 1660s
Smithsonian
The Large Cat
1657
Rijksmuseum
The Large Cat
Cornelis Visscher · 1657
Art Institute of Chicago
The Large Cat
1648 - 1658
Rijksmuseum
Two Cats on a Cushion
Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen · 1914
Art Institute of Chicago
Cat Watching Caged Bird
Jacques Callot · 1628
National Gallery of Art
The Large Cat
1657
Rijksmuseum
Cat and Fish [Екслибрис]
Sokolova, Ekaterina · 2014
Public Library - Ruse
Cat and Monkey
Gottfried Engelmann (French, 1788-1839) · 1814/16
Art Institute of Chicago
Seated Cat, Seen from the Front
1782 - 1837
Rijksmuseum
Cat Pawing at Goldfish
Isoda Koryusai · c. early 1770s
Art Institute of Chicago
The Cat
Christopher Nevinson (British, 1889–1946) · 1900s
Cleveland Museum of Art
Study of Cats
Walter Shirlaw, American, b. Scotland, 1838–1909 · 1880s, 1870s
Smithsonian
Cat Licking Wax from a Candleholder
c. 1650 - c. 1654
Rijksmuseum
Cat at Play
c. 1860 - c. 1878
Rijksmuseum

Style 2 9

Seated Cat
Artist unknown (American, 19th century) · c. 1875
Art Institute of Chicago
Cat
Staffordshire, England · c. 1760
Art Institute of Chicago
Cat
Egypt, Late period (715–332 BCE), Dynasty 26 or later · 664–30 BCE OR 664–330 BCE
Cleveland Museum of Art
Cat Coffin
Egypt, Late period (715–332 BCE), Dynasty 26–Greco-Roman period (332 BCE–395 CE), Ptolemaic dynasty (305–30 BCE) · 664–30 BCE OR 664–330 BCE
Cleveland Museum of Art
Cat Coffin
Egypt, Greco-Roman period (332 BCE–395 CE), Ptolemaic dynasty (305–30 BCE) · 305–30 BCE
Cleveland Museum of Art
Head of a Cat
Paul Wayland Bartlett, born New Haven, CT 1865-died Paris, France 1925 · 1880s, 1870s
Smithsonian
Cat Coffin
Egyptian · Late Period-Ptolemaic Period (664–32 BCE)
Art Institute of Chicago
Handle Spout Vessel in the Form of a Cat Man
Moche · 100 BCE–500 CE
Art Institute of Chicago
Cat. Pusle
Estonia · 1997
Tallinn City Museum

Style 3 7

Winter: Cat on a Cushion
Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen · 1909
Art Institute of Chicago
Winter: Cat on a Cushion (L'hiver: Chat sur un coussin)
Théophile Alexandre Steinlen
National Gallery of Art
Summer: Cat on a Balustrade
Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen · 1909
Art Institute of Chicago
Summer: Cat on a Balustrade
Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen · 1909
Art Institute of Chicago
The Cat
American 19th Century · probably second half 19th century
National Gallery of Art
Wild Cat
http://data.europeana.eu/agent/60752 · 1850
Nationalmuseum Sweden
À la Bodiniére
Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen · 1894
Art Institute of Chicago

Style 4 6

Cat Saving Bank
Mina Lowry · c. 1940
National Gallery of Art
Pa. German Seated Cat
Andrew Topolosky · c. 1938
National Gallery of Art
Chalkware Cat
Gertrude Koch · c. 1940
National Gallery of Art
Cat
c. 1400 - c. 1500
Rijksmuseum
Cat and Ball Coin Bank
William O. Fletcher · c. 1939
National Gallery of Art
Mysio (cat)
Netherlands
KB, National Library of the Netherlands

Named in the museum's description 2

The cat is small, hidden or only part of the story in these works, so they're shown whole.

Cheshire Cat (costume design for Alice-in-Wonderland, 1915)
William Penhallow Henderson, born Medford, MA 1877-died Tesuque, NM 1943
Smithsonian
Portret van Claude Nicolas Le Cat
1771
Rijksmuseum