![Saint Jerome [and his cats] as the Representation of Melancholy - Farrukh Beg (1615)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%80%D1%83%D1%85_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BA._%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D1%81%D1%83%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%B9._1615_%D0%A7%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82._%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5..jpg){kind=link}
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Saint Jerome as the Representation of Melancholy - Farrukh Beg (1615)
Farrukh Beg (Persian: فرخ بیگ; c. 1547 – after 1615), also known as Farrukh Husayn, was a Persian miniature painter, who spent a bulk of his career in Safavid Iran and Mughal India, praised by Mughal Emperor Jahangir as “unrivaled in the age.”
It’s a “miserable childless cat lady!” Robe, bedroom slippers and all.