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This is an Egyptian family portrait, a mother and father with a toddler. The father pets a lucky black cat. The cat is in a place of honor sitting beside the father as part of the family. This family would receive the protection and favor of the cat-headed goddess Bastet, a good mother responsible for protecting families from contagious diseases. Bastet's city was Bubastis or Per-Pastet/ Tell Basta. This is an original work in period pigments and not in the public domain.

The body language, clothing and skin tones in this painting represent any generic non-royal family with a small child of either gender. Egyptian artists used red and yellow ochre for skin because it was cheap.

This version has a digital border in lamp black, red ochre and yellow ochre. A borderless version is also available.

Contact through Etsy: http://saganandloki.etsy.com . Petrie Serrano is a New Yorker who came to Georgia by way of South Dakota. She finally settled not far from the Appalachian Trail with her husband, her son, two live cats, several uninvited scorpions-- and a ghost cat named Loki who graciously takes the blame for eating all the fresh cookies. I do not use the email list or contact feature on Pixels.com or Fine Art America. Contact me for originals through Etsy: http://saganandloki.etsy.com or follow Loki on the listed social media sites for new products and general Loki nonsense.