Cats
Cats in art: companions, hunters and mischief. 18 works, grouped by the museums' own subject tags and titles. Paintings first, then in date order.
18works
50average lightness (0–100)
18average colourfulness
1504–1928dates
Combined colour mix
Gold & ochre 26% · Black 17% · Grey 17% · Brown 17% · White & cream 12%
Artists here: Paul Gauguin (2), Francisco Goya (1), Paul Klee (1), Albrecht Dürer (1), Utagawa Kunisada (1), Arnold van Roessel (1)
The Fall of Man with Scenes of the Creation
Augustus Cordus, 1544
The cat attacks the mice which disturb the lion, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifteenth Night
Unknown artist, c. 1560
The Housekeeper
Hendrik Martensz. Sorgh, 1657
The Wedding at Cana
Giuseppe Maria Crespi, c. 1686
Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zuñiga (1784–1792)
Francisco Goya, 1787–88
The Movings
Louis-Léopold Boilly, 1822
Fur Traders Descending the Missouri
George Caleb Bingham, 1845
Afternoon Tea
Jean-François Rafaëlli, c. 1880
Cat, Butterfly, and Plant
Unknown artist, Qing Dynasty (1644–1911)
Polynesian Woman with Children
Paul Gauguin, 1901
Cat and Bird
Paul Klee, 1928
Adam and Eve
Albrecht Dürer, 1504
Parody of the Third Princess and Kashiwagi: “Chapter 50: A Hut in the Eastern Provinces”
Utagawa Kunisada, 1858, second month
Still Life with Cat
Paul Gauguin, c. 1899
Poster for the theatre café Le Chat Noir in Paris
Théophile Steinlen, 1896
Summer: Cat on a Balustrade
Théophile-Alexandre Pierre Steinlen, 1909
Winter: Cat on a Cushion
Théophile-Alexandre Pierre Steinlen, 1909
Poster for performances at the Cabaret Artistique in Scheveningen, directed by Max van Gelder
Arnold van Roessel, 1914