Cool And Wacky Medieval Cat Art: A Fur Baby Museum Special Exhibit Of Cat Art Throughout The Ages (15 Pics)

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SaulRoome
May 13, 2023 2:00 PM EDT

Hello and welcome to another exceptional exhibit by the one and only Fur Baby Museum! This special exhibit has some of the finest pieces of cat art from Medieval times, carefully preserved and exhibited to us by the wonderful @CatsOfYore and @Manglewood, two of the greatest online cat art archivists around!

We hope you're ready for some intriguing art because the way some of these paintings are painted makes it seem as if they were painted by a bunch of outstanding orangutans trying their best, rather than actual humans who know what cute kitty cats look like. Maybe cats just looked different hundreds of years ago? Or maybe it's just part of the medieval style. Regardless, it's awesome and funny, so enjoy!

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    Cat - Cats of Yore @CatsOfYore A man feeding a cat, 18th century. artnet.com/artists/italia... ALT V www
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    Aka, 'Overbearing cat daddy'. This painting shows that in the times of yore, people were also way to extra when it came to pampering their cats, going so far past to spoon feed them while they're cocooned and wearing ruffles.

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    Cat - Cats of Yore @CatsOfYore Still life with cat and fish. Jean Baptiste Siméon museothyssen.org/en/collection/... Chardin, 1728.
    via @CatsOfYore
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    Art - Cats of Yore @CatsOfYore The Cat's Porridge, 17th century. gros- delettrez.com/lot/14223/2735... ALT D
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    Adaptation - Cats of Yore @CatsOfYore Kitchen still life with fish and cat. Ca. 1650. artvee.com/dl/kitchen-sti... ALT *********www. *********** ALNAFISCH LOFINALER
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    Aka, 'Kitty gets fishes'. This masterpiece shows that even in times of yore, cute and cuddly kitties of all types were still incredibly mischievous, and would do anything to get their paws on some delicious fish.

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    Prithee, I tippeth the box

    Cat - Molly Hodgdon @Manglewood Replying to @Manglewood Mischief. Newbold Hough Trotter, 1858. artnet.com/artists/newbol... ...
    via @Manglewood
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    Sus gremlin

    Organism - Cats of Yore @CatsOfYore Look at this absolute gremlin. Pieter Claesz, 1656. sothebys.com/en/auctions/ec... ALT ...
    via @CatsOfYore
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    Mine

    Tableware - Cats of Yore @CatsOfYore Still life with Cat. Sebastiano Lazzari. 1760. wikigallery.org/wiki/painting_... ALT 1:48 PM - Sep 14, 2022- Twitter Web App ...
    via @CatsOfYore
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    Cat - Cats of Yore @CatsOfYore Still life with a Cat and a Mackerel on a Tabletop. Giovanni Rivalta. sothebys.com/en/auctions/ec... ALT 1:48 PM - Sep 14, 2022 - Twitter Web App ...
    via @CatsOfYore
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    Vertebrate - Molly Hodgdon @Manglewood Replying to @Manglewood Still-Life With Cat and Rayfish. Jean Baptiste Siméon Chardin, 1728. museothyssen.org/en/collection/... ...
    via @Manglewood
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    Organism - Cats of Yore @CatsOfYore Good news! I found a bunch of paintings of people throughout history spoon feeding cats like babies. First, this peasant woman with a cat, ca. 1640 - 1642. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Davi... ALT
    via @CatsOfYore
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    Product - Cats of Yore @CatsOfYore Miss Sukey and her Nursery. 1772. britishmuseum.org/collection/obj... ALT ⠀
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    Happy - Cats of Yore @CatsOfYore Le Chat chéri, 18th century. gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv... Translate Tweet ALT
    via @CatsOfYore
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    Organism - Molly Hodgdon @Manglewood Good news: I compiled a brief overview of cats wrecking our stuff throughout the centuries. First, Two Young Women Wrapped in Yukata After a Bath. Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1796. metmuseum.org/art/collection...
    via @Manglewood
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    Cat - Molly Hodgdon @Manglewood Replying to @Manglewood The Cat at Play. Henriëtte Ronner-Knip, ca. 1860-1878. rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/... Translate Tweet
    via @Manglewood
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    Adaptation - Molly Hodgdon @Manglewood Replying to @Manglewood The Angora Cat. Jean Honoré Fragonard and Marguerite Gérard, ca. 1783. wallraf.museum/en/collections... Translate Tweet Now ...
    via @Manglewood

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