The Favourite Cat and De La-Tour Painter
Medium
Etching, engraving and stipple
Dimensions
sheet: 4 5/8 x 6 in. (11.8 x 15.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.756–617
Tags
Art Historical Context
Behold *The Favourite Cat and De La-T Painter* (1813), a delightful etching, engraving, and stipple print by Scottish caricaturist John Kay This intimate work captures the renowned French Rococo pastell Maurice Quentin de La Tour (1704–1788) in a whimsical moment with his beloved cat, portraiture with gentle humor. Kay, famous for his etched vignettes of Edinburgh's notables, pays tribute here to de La Tour's legacy as one of the 18th century's finest pastel artists, whose luminous portraits graced European courts. Measuring just 4⅝ × 6 inches, the print showcases Kay's mastery of mixed intag...