Object List
May Belfort
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864–1901)
1895
Lithograph
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Bessie Potter Vonnoh, 1941
The Large Cat
Cornelis Visscher (Dutch, ca. 1629–1658)
ca. 1657
Engraving
National Gallery of Art, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Winter: Cat on a Cushion
Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen (French, born Switzerland, 1859–1923)
1909
Lithograph in 6 colors (red, ochre, yellow, black, gray-brown, brown) from two stones, with scraping on stone
The Art Institute of Chicago, The Charles Deering Collection
The Cat
Christopher Nevinson (British, 1889–1946)
1900s
Aquatint and etching
The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1948.433, Gift of Mrs. Malcolm L. McBride
Cat Arching Its Back
Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen (French, born Switzerland, 1859–1923)
1898
Drypoint from a zinc plate on ivory laid paper
The Art Institute of Chicago, The Charles Deering Collection
Cat and Flowers
Édouard Manet (French, 1832–1883)
1869
Etching and aquatint
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bequest of William S. Lieberman, 2005
Concert of Cats
Rudolph Ackermann (British, 1764–1834)
1817
Lithograph
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection, 1940.1090
Manx Cats--Isle of Man
J. Alden Weir (American, 1852–1919)
1889
Etching
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Brigham Young University
The Cats’ Rendezvous
Édouard Manet (French, 1832–1883)
1868
Lithograph
The Art Institute of Chicago, John H. Wrenn Fund
Le Maître de Musique (The Music Master)
Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Guelard (French, 1719–ca. 1755)
After Christophe Huet (French, 1700–1759)
ca. 1743
Etching
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
The Cats
Édouard Manet (French, 1832–1883)
1868–69
Etching and aquatint with plate tone
The Art Institute of Chicago, Anonymous gift
The Cat's Concert
Coryn Boel (Flemish, 1620–1668)
After David Teniers the Younger (Flemish, 1610–1690)
17th century
Engraving and etching
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1991.203.15, Gift of Henry and Judith Rice Millon, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
The Favourite Cat and De La-Tour Painter
John Kay (British, 1742–1826)
1813
Etching, engraving and stipple
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Peasant and Cat
Frederick Bloemaert (Dutch, 1610–1669)
17th century
Engraving
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of H. Sterzer, M.89.165.3
Edward Penfield Self-Portrait
Edward Penfield (American, 1866–1925)
1898
Chromolithograph
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Old Maid's Delight
Unknown artist
After Thomas Rowlandson (British, 1757–1827)
ca. 1822
Hand-colored etching
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Dgi-Guerdgi Feeding His Cats
Gérard Jean Baptiste Scotin I (French, 1671–1716)
After Jean Baptiste Vanmour (French, 1671–1737)
1714–15
Etching and engraving
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bequest of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2019
Woman with a Cat
Charles Maurin (French, 1856–1914)
n.d.
Color etching and aquatint
Yale University Art Gallery, A. Conger Goodyear, B.A. 1899, Fund
Honorable Mr. Cat
Helen Hyde (American, 1868–1919)
1903
Color woodcut
The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mrs. Edwin F. Gillette and Mrs. Hallie Hyde Irwin
Girl with a Cat
Henry Wolf (American, 1852-1916)
1902
Photomechanical wood engraving on paper
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
Girl with Cat
Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen (Netherlandish, ca. 1504–1559)
1546
Etching with engraving
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1933
Interior, Little Girl with Cat
Alfredo Müller (Italian, 1869–1940)
1897
Etching and aquatint with handcoloring
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Elizabeth Carroll Shearer
The Cat’s Repast
Gilles-Antoine Demarteau (French, ca. 1750–1802)
After Jean-Baptiste Huet (French, 1745–1811)
1778–1779
Color crayon-manner engraving, with hand-coloring
The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mrs. Charles Netcher in memory of Charles Netcher II
Julie Manet Holding a Cat
Berthe Morisot (French, 1841–1895)
After Auguste Renoir (French, 1841–1919)
1889, printed 1921
Drypoint
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection
Old Woman and Cats
Jacques Callot (French, 1592-1635)
ca. 1623
Etching
Cleveland Museum of Art, The Jane B. Tripp Charitable Lead Annuity Trust
Feline pantomime
Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) (Spanish, 1746–1828)
1814–15 (published 1863)
Etching, burin, burnisher
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Jacob H. Schiff Bequest, 1922
Laughter (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)
George Murgatroyd Woodward (British, 1765–1809)
January 21, 1800
Etching, printed in brown ink, hand-colored
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Black Cat
Alphonse Legros (French, 1837–1911)
ca. 1861
Etching on laid paper
The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Gift of George Matthew Adams in memory of his mother, Lydia Havens Adams
Dangerous Caresses
Joseph de Longueil (French, 1730–1792)
After François Boucher (French, 1703–1770)
n.d.
Etching and engraving
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
The Black Cat
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (British, 1872–1898)
1894
Pen, brush and India ink over graphite
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Jacqueline Loewe Fowler, 2020
Cat Watching Caged Bird
Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635)
1628
Etching
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., R.L. Baumfeld Collection
Cat and Monkey
Gottfried Engelmann (French, 1788–1839)
After Jean Baptiste Huet (French, 1745–1811)
1814–1816
Lithograph
The Art Institute of Chicago, Harold Joachim Purchase Fund