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)


Bogatyrs (Heroes) by Victor Vasnetsov (1898)


Olympia by Édouard Manet (1863)


Lady with an Ermine by Leonardo da Vinci (1489–1490)


The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dalí (1931)


Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix (1830)


The Creation of Adam is a fresco painting by Michelangelo (1511-1512)


The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli (1486)


Whistler’s Mother by James McNeill Whistler (1871)


Twelfth Night (The King Drinks) by David Teniers (1634-1640)


The Kitchen Maid by Johannes Vermeer (1657–1658)


The Venus of Urbino by Titian (1538)


American Gothic by Grant Wood (1930)


Escaping Criticism by Pere Borrell del Caso (1874)