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)

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Bogatyrs (Heroes) by Victor Vasnetsov (1898)

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Olympia by Édouard Manet (1863)

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

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The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dalí (1931)

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Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix (1830)

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

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The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli (1486)

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Whistler’s Mother by James McNeill Whistler (1871)

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

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The Kitchen Maid by Johannes Vermeer (1657–1658)

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The Venus of Urbino by Titian (1538)

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American Gothic by Grant Wood (1930)

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Escaping Criticism by Pere Borrell del Caso (1874)

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