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Portrait

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...

Dec

John Singer Sargent, Museum of Fine Arts Boston

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...

May

Albrecht Dürer, Alte Pinakothek Munich

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...

Feb

Klimt

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...

Aug

Bartolomeus van der Helst, Rijksmuseum

Fat Boy and Fat Cat

We, Zarathustra the Cat, are so kind to say Our meow in support of 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 at you because of your weight in your childhood ? May be...

Jun

Ivan Argunov

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...

Mar

Uffizi Gallery, Piero della Francesca

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...

Dec

Boris Kustodiev, Russian Museum

A Very Concrete Cat

After wondering in the labirytnth of abstractions We turned into the very concrete Cat again: The painting truely depictes the right position of cats and men at the table. Ignoramuses can be satysfied by the version to be found at the Russian Museum: But We and you know the truth...

Jul

Salvador Dali

Leda and the Cat

Once upon a time in anscient Greece, one Leda couldn’t resist the Swan. Nowadays at the era of atomic energy and internet, no one Leda can resist the Cat: Just now Leda became a bomb and the Kitteh also. You artists, don’t forget:

May

Jan van Eyck, National London Gallery

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...

Mar

Leonardo da Vinci

Cats and Glamour

They say that cats are not 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: At...