Gottfried Mind was a 18th-19th-century Swiss artist who specialized in drawing cats and is sometimes referred to as "the Raphael of cats." Mind spent most of his adult life as an employee of Sigmund Freudenberger's studio. He colored Freudenberger's etchings and delivered them to customers. After Freudenberger's death Mind remained with the artist's widow, producing his own artworks. This was because Mind wasn't equipped to run his own life unsupervised.
Mind was diagnosed with various conditions, mostly after his death. He was referred to as a "cretin imbecile," which at the time were scientific terms for intellectual disabilities. "Cretin" in particular referred to disabled children born in the high elevations of the Alps suffering from congenital iodine deficiency syndrome, which is further explained in a previous post. A much later diagnosis calls Mind an autistic savant due to his singular focus on his art. At any rate, he was given the title of "the Swiss cretin" posthumously as well as "the Raphael of cats." His art went on to influence painters of worldwide renoun. Read about Gottfried Mind and see more of his works at The Public Domain Review. -via Nag on the Lake