Today We, Zarathustra the Cat, decided to reveal to the world how We took over the mystic nativity scene in famous Sandro Botticelli’s masterpiece:
Sandro Botticelli, Mystic Nativity with the Cat, 1500–1501
The great master geniusly depicted this feeling when angels dance on your ears:
Sandro Botticelli, Mystic Nativity with the Cat, close-up
The painting emerged from the city of Florence in a time when the fanatical preacher Girolamo Savonarola held the city in its grip.
This is the evident reason why you don’t see the Cat in the commonly known version of the painting in the National Gallery, London:
Sandro Botticelli, Mystic Nativity, from the National Gallery collection
Look how the Cat protects the Holy family with his soft paws and understand immediately which version is true!
Cats are your guardian angels!
Merry Christmas to you and your Cats!
Thus speaks Zarathustra the Celestial Cat
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