"My Wife's Lovers" by Carl Kahler

This massive painting, measuring 6 feet by 8.5 feet, depicts forty-two of millionaire Kate Birdsall Johnson's beloved cats in her San Francisco mansion. Completed in 1893, it's considered one of the largest and most extravagant cat portraits in history, showcasing the opulence and eccentricity of the Gilded Age.

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