Portrait
Vincent van Gogh, Portrait of Doctor Rey
26
May
,

Reincarnation possible

Today We, Zarathustra the Cat, reveal the true version of the famous Van Gogh’s portrait of Doctor Felix Rey: Doctor Félix Rey was the trainee doctor at Arles Hospital, where Van Gogh was taken to treat his mental illness. He cared about his patient Vincent so well that the...
19
Dec
,

The Daughters and the Cats of Edward Darley Boit

Today We, Zarathustra the Cat, reveal to the world the true version of the famous masterpiece by the genius American artist John Singer Sargent, “The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit”: The painter invited Us to sit for his picture because he knew that We already...
22
May
,

The look into the future

Once, We, Zarathustra the Cat, visited Albrecht Dürer in his studio. The great master was painting his portrait, this one: We decided to be helpful as we, cats, use to be, and perched on the painter’s laps. On Our noble way, We pushed down his palette, but this was a low...
15
Feb

Love is Gold

Love is pure gold, as you may see it in the most famous Gustav Klimt’s paintings. Once We sat for the great artist, on laps of his beloved friend Adele Bloch-Bauer Adele immediately fell in love with Us and was thrilled to have Us on her laps: The painter created a special...
03
Aug
,

Fat Boy and Fat Cat

We, Zarathustra the Cat, are so kind to say Our meow in support of the campaign for natural beauty and against models’ anorexia. If you are not suffering from anorexia like We don’t suffer from it, did anybody mock you because of your weight in your childhood? Maybe...
04
Jun

An Unknown Woman and a Well Known Cat

Every elegant beauty in the history of art would love to be portrayed with Us, Zarathustra the Cat, but one Russian lady made her dream come true. Evidently this very fashionably clothed young woman loved her cat so much that she embroidered the vet collar of her feline friend in...
29
Mar
,

Man and Cat Portrait: the Cat and Duke of Urbino

Man and cat portrait, that is a popular tendency in Internet photos, especially on Tumblr. Do you know that this theme existed much earlier in the time of the Renaissance? Here We, Zarathustra the Cat, reveal hidden for centuries second Diptych of Urbino: Portraits of the Duke of...
16
Dec
,

A Very Concrete Cat

After wandering in the labyrinth of abstractions We turned into the very concrete Cat again: The painting truly depicts the right position of cats and men at the table. Ignoramuses can be satisfied by the version to be found at the Russian Museum: But We and you know the truth of...
01
Jul

Leda and the Cat

Once upon a time in ancient Greece, one Leda couldn’t resist the Swan. Nowadays in the era of atomic energy and the internet, no one Leda can resist the Cat: The Kitteh is the strongest soft power nowadays. You, artists, don’t forget: cats make everything better even...
11
May
,

The Man and the Cat

It was one of the weirdest experiences of Our sitting for the great artists. One day in 1834, in the city of Brugge, the great master Jan van Eyck invited Us to be his Mews. We should sit for him. We found Ourselves in the company of the strangely familiar stranger: This man was...
31
Mar

Cats and Glamour

They say that cats are not glamorous beings, and fashion-addicted young ladies prefer handbag dogs and other accessory beings as ermines. But this is not true! Look at the original version of the portrait of Cecilia Gallerani, who was the most glamorous lady of that time: On that...
02
Feb
, ,

Two pusses with two odalisques

We graciousely found a couple of charming ladies in the Palace of Louvre and kindly sitted with them for the great French artists:  
12

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