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loves: you win if you guessed "pets" and "museums". Also books, art history, travel, British punk, Korean kimchi, bindis, martinis, and other things TBD. I will always make it very clear if a post is sponsored in any way. Drop me a line at thepetmuseum AT gmail.com !

Saturday, June 23, 2012

sassy cat

thank you wikipaintings.org (image in public domain)
This is Julie Manet, Edouard Manet's niece.  (Here's what she looked like a little later on in life.) The painting is by Pierre-Auguste Renoir.  The year is 1887.  And the cat, name and important social position unknown, is stealing the show.

2 comments:

parlance said...

Gorgeous kitty, and lovely hair in both those paintings of her.

Carmen (Anita, Zar and Sara´s mommie) said...

She is Anita!! Hahahaha! Beautiful!