This is Zarathustra, and he is one big fat cat. His owner, Svetlana Petrova decided to cast him in classic iconic paintings and timeless masterpieces. The Photoshop result? A very interesting photo series indeed.
The images of recreated paintings went viral on
imgur two years ago, hitting 4 million views. Check out the gallery below:
Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci (1503-1506)
![](https://fooyoh.com/files/attach/images/591/501/990/013/cat1.jpg)
Bogatyrs (Heroes) by Victor Vasnetsov (1898)
![](https://fooyoh.com/files/attach/images/591/501/990/013/cat2.jpg)
Olympia by Édouard Manet (1863)
![](https://fooyoh.com/files/attach/images/591/501/990/013/cat3.jpg)
Lady with an Ermine by Leonardo da Vinci (1489–1490)
![](https://fooyoh.com/files/attach/images/591/501/990/013/cat4.jpg)
The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dalí (1931)
![](https://fooyoh.com/files/attach/images/591/501/990/013/cat5.jpg)
Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix (1830)
![](https://fooyoh.com/files/attach/images/591/501/990/013/cat6.jpg)
The Creation of Adam is a fresco painting by Michelangelo (1511-1512)
![](https://fooyoh.com/files/attach/images/591/501/990/013/cat7.jpg)
The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli (1486)
![](https://fooyoh.com/files/attach/images/591/501/990/013/cat8.jpg)
Whistler’s Mother by James McNeill Whistler (1871)
![](https://fooyoh.com/files/attach/images/591/501/990/013/cat9.jpg)
Twelfth Night (The King Drinks) by David Teniers (1634-1640)
![](https://fooyoh.com/files/attach/images/591/501/990/013/cat10.jpg)
The Kitchen Maid by Johannes Vermeer (1657–1658)
![](https://fooyoh.com/files/attach/images/591/501/990/013/cat11.jpg)
The Venus of Urbino by Titian (1538)
![](https://fooyoh.com/files/attach/images/591/501/990/013/cat12.jpg)
American Gothic by Grant Wood (1930)
![](https://fooyoh.com/files/attach/images/591/501/990/013/cat13.jpg)
Escaping Criticism by Pere Borrell del Caso (1874)
![](https://fooyoh.com/files/attach/images/591/501/990/013/cat14.jpg)