A Cat Curled Up, Sleeping

1861

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Graphite, on ivory-colored paper
Dimensions: 4 5/8 x 4 1/4 in. (11.7 x 10.8 cm)
Collection no.: 1995.493
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Édouard Manet. A Cat Curled Up, Sleeping. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

A Cat Curled Up, Sleeping — Édouard Manet. 1861.

Medium: Graphite, on ivory-colored paper. Dimensions: 4 5/8 x 4 1/4 in. (11.7 x 10.8 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Bequest of Clifford A. Furst, by exchange, 1995.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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