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Cats

Sallet in the Shape of a Lion's Head, Steel, copper, gold, glass, pigment, textile, Italian
Sallet in the Shape of a Lion's Head
Italian
ca. 1475–80
Panel with striding lion, Ceramic, glaze, Babylonian
Panel with striding lion
Babylonian
ca. 604–562 BCE
Aquamanile in the Form of a Lion, Copper alloy with inlaid glass, North German
Aquamanile in the Form of a Lion
North German
ca. 1200
L'Hiver: Chat sur un Coussin, Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen French, born Switzerland, Color lithograph
L'Hiver: Chat sur un Coussin
Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen
1909
Cat Statuette intended to contain a mummified cat, Leaded bronze
Cat Statuette intended to contain a mummified cat
332–30 B.C.
My Little White Kitties – Into Mischief, Currier & Ives American, Hand-colored lithograph
My Little White Kitties – Into Mischief
Currier & Ives
1857–71
Emma Homan, John Bradley American, Oil on canvas, American
Emma Homan
John Bradley
ca. 1844
Poster Calendar 1897: Cover, Edward Penfield American, Lithograph and relief
Poster Calendar 1897: Cover
Edward Penfield
1896
Two Children Teasing a Cat, Annibale Carracci Italian, Oil on canvas
Two Children Teasing a Cat
Annibale Carracci
Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zuñiga (1784–1792), Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) Spanish, Oil on canvas
Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zuñiga (1784–1792)
Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes)
1787–88