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Six Studies of a Cat
Also titled Zes studies van een kat
Thomas Gainsborough (Sudbury (Suffolk), ca. –1788)
c. 1763 - c. 1769
- Medium
- paper, chalk
- Classification
- drawing
- Dimensions
- height 332 mm x width 459 mm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
About this work
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-to-life and show the same cat in various positions: comfortably curled up, dozing and washing itself.
