The Large Cat (Visscher)

Visscher's engraving depicts a tabby cat crouching at rest, facing towards some plants seen in silhouette to the lower right.

Visscher expertly expresses the stiffness of the cat's whiskers, and the softness of its fur.

A mouse is emerging through the bars of an arched window to the left behind the cat.

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It is possible that Visscher's depiction of a sleeping cat, ignoring the mouse creeping out behind it, is alluding to a Biblical verse, Proverbs 19:15, that " Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger."