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Cats Improve Everything, Including Famous Paintings

by Jill Pantozzi | 11:47 am, February 3rd, 2012


Great Artists’ Mews, where have you been all my life?!? It’s safe to say I’m a crazy cat lady but I was made even crazier with a new addition to my household just two days ago so this post is totally relevant to my interests. Hit the jump for not just any cat, but this adorably plump orange creature, deftly inserted into some classical works of art. 

First, a note from the cat. “Our name is Zarathustra. We are a cat. According to our assistant (named by ignoramuses as our ‘owner’) We are the best cat in the world. By the will of the gods, We have been relieved of our animal desires, therefore Our postprandial time  is given to the reflections on lofty matters. We are so gracious in Our enjoyment of repasts.” My favorite part about this whole thing is how perfectly the cat’s poses and faces go with each painting. Enjoy!

Leonardo da Vinci, “Mona Lisa”

Salvador Dalí, “Dream”

Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, “Spring”

Anthony van Dyck, “Drunken Silenus”

Diego Velázquez, “Philip IV on Catback”

Claude Monet, “Haystack at Giverny”

Sandro Botticelli, “Pallas and the Cat”

Rembrandt, “Danae”

See more at Great Artists’ Mews.

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  • Terence Ng

    Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate: One Second Before Awakening is one of my favorite paintings. Now I want this version.

  • André Marcoux

    I would buy CatRembrandt and CatLeonardo would look in my living room

  • Anonymous

    I sorry no. Guess I am too much of a dog person.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Kaarel-Jakobson/100000313100671 Kaarel Jakobson

    Yes. Yes!

  • Adam Whitley

    I just want a big orange cat of my own now.

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  • Beth Emmert

    This reminds me of Pete the Cat paintings here: http://www.petethecat.com/index.php?cPath=23

  • Ayanni Hanna

    Just laughed so hard, I scared my own cat.

  • http://twitter.com/justblue5ft3 justblue5ft3

    I love this thanks! These pictures are GREAT! 
    It’s funny that for our whole lives we owned about every type of pet there is other than a cat. Our daughter came home after college, she had 2 cats. I grew to LOVE them so dearly, so when she moved out we adopted 3 of our own. They are so delightfully funny and fantastic pets. We still love our dogs too. 

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