Galéria

Cats

Explore these cultural cats from collections across Europe - these drawings, photographs and paintings show the finest of feline forms.

National Gallery of Denmark
Rijksmuseum

Katjesspel. Een kleine kat speelt op een tafel met dominostenen. Op tafel ook een asbak met een sigaar.

Rijksmuseum
Rijksmuseum

Opgerold liggende, slapende kat.

Rijksmuseum

When a candle is placed inside the porcelain cat, the light shines through its eyes. The small lamp was intended for children who were afraid of the dark, but was also used to scare off rats. It comes from the collection assembled by the 18th-century Hagu…

Rijksmuseum

Kat met jongen. In het raam van een houten schuur zit een kat met vier jongen op een oude deken. Rond het venster klimop en winde.

Rijksmuseum

An amusing contrast can discerned in this lively scene by Henriëtte Ronner-Knip, renowned for her sentimental depictions of cats and dogs in domestic interiors. The kittens with their large eyes are curious and active, while their mother calmly observes t…

Royal Museums Greenwich
Royal Museums Greenwich
University of Pisa

Repository/Location: Roma, Museo Nazionale d’Arte Orientale “Giuseppe Tucci”, inv. 13047/16059

International Institute of Social History

Programma: 11 juli.

The Discovery Programme

[cat] April 19. 1845

Helsingborg Museum

Available; Linoleum section of Inga Hense. Motif with nine cats, a fish and a bird.; graphics; …

Tartu Art Museum
European Library of Information and Culture

Photographic reportage: Rome, 1969/Paolo Monti. - Strips: 7, Overall frames: 34: Negative b/n, gelatin silver bromide/film; 35 mm. - (Frames have double numbering. Nikon Agfa 21. - On the back of the gateway Monti specifies: Part. Pantheomn and Porcin del…

Rijksmuseum

Thomas Gainsborough was one of the most celebrated English portraitists of the 18th century. Cats and dogs also belonged to his repertory, because his sitters frequently wished to be portrayed with their favourite pet. These studies are exceptionally true…

The Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities

MME 1969:190; 190/2015:52; From the Reinhold Holtermann collection; …

Rijksmuseum

Voor een raam met tralies zit een in elkaar gedoken kat. Achter de kat zit een muis.

Finnish Heritage Agency

content description: A cat is yawning on the steps in the summer of 1931.

Estonian Road Museum
Wellcome Collection
Nationalmuseum Sweden

Rosa Bonheur was one of the most famous painters of animals of her time. This wild cat is an excellent example of her realistic way of portraying animals. Bonheur was genuinely interested in the animals she depicted. In addition to a large number of dogs,…

Pärnu Museum