A cat watching butterflies
- Date:
- ca. 1765-70
- Medium:
- Source:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
Description
A white cat with grey and orange markings and a red collar sits on a yellow ground, its head turned upward and back toward two yellow-and-pink butterflies fluttering at upper left. Behind the cat, flowering branches with orange blossoms, yellow-veined leaves, and pale chrysanthemums fill the upper right of the composition against a plain cream background. Suzuki Harunobu, 1765, print.
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A cat watching butterflies was created by Suzuki Harunobu (鈴木春信) in ca. 1765-70.
A cat watching butterflies depicts cats.