Madonna and Child with a Cat
This Madonna and Child includes an unexpected visitor—a cat! Rarely depicted in Christian art, cats carry a number of different meanings: since they hunted household pests like vermin and snakes, they were sometimes considered defenders against evil. However, they could also b...
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25228
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drawing
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normalized
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Private collection, Florence, prior to 1912 [mode of acquisition unknown] [Bernard Berenson (?)]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1913 [mode of acquisition unknown] [through Berenson]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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3
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.455 |
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