(Sorry this is a day late; life happened)
Image credit here. Annunication, c. 1628, Peter Paul Rubens, oil on canvas, 119" x 73", held by Rubenshuis (Ruben's House), Antwerp, Belgium.
Zuffi talks about Ruben's joy of painting, his variety of colors, the dynamism of movement, "almost a visual symphony," etc., then gets to the heart of the matter:
...in keeping with its reputation for imperturbability, the cat placidly maintains its siesta, crouched by the sewing basket.
I can only wonder at the near-miraculous ability of the cat to stay cool in the midst of all that art happening around it.
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