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Artful Cats: Feline-Inspired Art and Artifacts

Enjoy a selection of cat-themed art from across the Smithsonian. Not a cat person? Check out Dog: Museum’s Best Friend.

Museum / Unit

National Museum of Asian Art 13 Filter by term Exclude term
Archives of American Art 3 Filter by term Exclude term
National Portrait Gallery 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian American Art Museum 2 Filter by term Exclude term

Resource Type

Prints 7 Filter by term Exclude term
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Culture

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Egyptians 5 Filter by term Exclude term
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1610s 2 Filter by term Exclude term
1620s 2 Filter by term Exclude term
1630s 2 Filter by term Exclude term
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National Museum of Asian Art 13 Filter by term Exclude term
Google Arts & Culture 12 Filter by term Exclude term
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National Portrait Gallery Collection 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection 2 Filter by term Exclude term
West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Gallery 20: A Collector’s Eye: Freer in Egypt 2 Filter by term Exclude term
C. J. (Clarence Joseph) Bulliet papers, circa 1888-1959 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Graphic Arts 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Lowell Nesbitt papers, circa 1903-1993, bulk 1950-1993 1 Filter by term Exclude term
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Animals 19 Filter by term Exclude term
Cats 17 Filter by term Exclude term
Charles Lang Freer collection 7 Filter by term Exclude term
Japanese Art 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Meiji era (1868 - 1912) 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Robert O. Muller collection 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Ancient Egyptian Art 4 Filter by term Exclude term
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Cat with lantern

Cat, rock, and peonies

Cat & I

Cats and flowers

Cat and butterfly

Figure of a cat, probably Kyoto ware

Poster Calendar 1897

Sitting figure of cat with kittens

Reproduction of a Miné Okubo painting featuring a cat and horse

The Rat, the Black Stone of Mutsu Province, and the Cat of Jōkyō-ji Temple (Nezumi, Rikushū kuroishi, Jōkyō-ji no neko), from the series Gekkō's Miscellany (Gekkō zuihitsu) 鼠　陸州黒石　常教寺の猫

Self-Portrait with Cat

Man Reading (Portrait of Gustaf Dalstrom)

Reproduction of Marguerite Zorach's painting Child with cat

Man with cat

Papyrus column with two cats

Art school sketchbook

White Cat

Cat with mouse

Amulet in the form of a cat

Cat Amulet

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