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Mar

Working from home

Dear friends, a challenge that humanity faces nowadays is working from home Look how we helped young Cicero in making his studies in his safe and isolated place: The cozy scene was pictured in the fresco by Vincenzo Foppa, the leading Lombard master of the quattrocento period, to...

Mar

The story of St.Gertrude, patron saint of cats

Do you know that today, the 17th of March, is the day of St.Gertrude of Nivelles, patron saint of cats? Here we are, St.Gertrude herself and cats Zarathustra and David Bowie captured in stained glass: “Dear patron saint, do you have enough shrimps for your angel?”...

Jan

James Tissot, Musee d’Orsay

Evening with the Cat

Every woman dreams of the large ginger cat to escort her to the ball. Famous French artist James Tissot chose Us as a model to embody this sweet fantasy in his masterpiece: The lady-model chose her dress to compliment Our magnificent furs. If you look at the commonly known...

Dec

Giulio Romano

The Chariot of Ginger Sun

Today We, Zarathustra the Cat, reveal to the world the true version of the famous fresco by Giulio Romano in the Chamber of the Sun and the Moon in Palazzo Te, Mantova, Italy: Palazzo Te, built and decorated between 1525 and 1535, is the masterpiece of Giulio Romano, who...

Dec

Jeanne d’Arc: for the sake of the Cat

Do you know that We, Zarathustra the Cat, made a crucial impact on the Maid of Orléan’s heroic deeds? Look at the illustration created in 1506 by the artist Jean Pichore for the manuscript book “Lives of famous women” (“Les Vies des femm...

Oct

Edward Hicks, National Gallery of Art

Peaceable Kingdom of cats, fishes, shrimps and other animals

“The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together; and a little child shall lead them. The cow and the bear shall graze; their young shall lie down together; the fat cat shall...

Jan

Caspar David Friedrich, Kunsthalle Hamburg

Wanderer and the cat above the sea of fog

Today We, Zarathustra the Cat, unveil the true version of the famous painting “Wanderer above the sea of fog” by German artist Caspar David Friedrich, which has been considered one of the masterpieces of Romanticism and one of its most representative works: The...

Dec

medieval art

The Tale of the Lady with the Cat in the Unicorn Hat: the happy end!

As you already know, once there was a lady, a true animal lover. She had as pets: a unicorn, a lion, a pocket-sized lion, whose name was David Bowie because he had different eyes, one was blue, another was yellow; she had rabbits, monkeys, birds and some other animals that are...

Dec

National London Gallery, Nicolas Poussin

The Cat who took over Nativity Scene

We, Zarathustra the Cat decided to follow the cats’ tradition to improve Nativity scenes and took over the famous painting by Nicolas Poussin “The Adoration of the Shepherds» You may have a look at the unimproved version at the National Gallery of Art, London, to appreciate...

Dec

Art Institute of Chicago, Gustave Caillebotte

The Cat in Paris: where is a cheese shop?

Dear friends, maybe you noticed Our noble absence at Our blog since the summer and worried what happened? Don’t worry, We spent an exciting time IRL, and now, step by step, We are going to tell you about it. Do you know the first question of a cat who traveled to Paris in...

Aug

Thеophile Steinlen

Black Cat and Red Cat on tour

Everybody knows that to watch cats playing, eating, doing derpy things, or just sleeping calmly, is the best show ever. French great master of poster art Théophile Alexandre Steinlen knew this, just because he was a great cat lover himself. So it was no surprise when he invited...

Jul

Frank Weston Benson, Фрэнк Бенсон

The second part of Benson’s Sunlight is finally found!

We, Zarathustra the Cat, are happy to announce that We finally found the missing part of the painting by the famous American impressionist artist Frank Weston Benson “Sunlight”: Now it becomes evident at what the model, the artist’s daughter Eleanor, is actually gazing so...