The Favourite Cat and De La-Tour Painter

Creator Name

John Kay;
After an engraving by Georg Friedrich Schmidt;
After a self-portrait by Maurice Quentin de La Tour

Cultural Context

Date

1813

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Title

The Favourite Cat and De La-Tour Painter

Creator

John Kay, British, Dalkeith, Scotland 1742–1826 Edinburgh, Etcher;
After an engraving by Georg Friedrich Schmidt, Artist;
After a self-portrait by Maurice Quentin de La Tour, Artist

Worktype

Prints

Cultural Context

Material

Etching, engraving and mezzotint

Dimensions

sheet: 4 5/8 x 6 in. (11.8 x 15.3 cm);
height: 11.8centimetre;
width: 15.3centimetre

Technique

Language

Date

1813

Provenance

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917

Style Period

Rights

Public Domain

Inscription

Location

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Subjects

Men; Cats; Artists

Topic

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