Cat and Butterfly
A fluffy white cat curls on tufted grass in this ink drawing, its face peeking out from the soft mass of fur while its plumed tail sweeps upward at right. A small butterfly drifts in the upper right, and the sparse hatched strokes suggest a sunlit meadow.
Look closer: A red seal impression sits in the lower right corner of the leaf.
- Artist
- Min Zhen
- Date
- 1788
- Medium
- album leaf, ink on paper
- Source
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Size
- 2179 × 3400 px
Public domain · The Cleveland Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1788).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund