Monkey Playing a Violin

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Object Details

Style of
Antoine Watteau, (French, 1684–1721)
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Monkey wearing a feathered cap stands on one foot facing right and plays a violin. Verso: rendering of an 18th-century Italian vase with a mask.
Credit Line
Gift of Eleanor Garnier Hewitt
ca. 1710–1720
Accession Number
1931-65-145
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
ornament
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Medium
Red chalk on cream laid paper; verso: pen and brown ink with gray wash.
Dimensions
21.3 x 14.4 cm (8 3/8 x 5 11/16 in. )
made in
France
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Record ID
chndm_1931-65-145
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4b8e9bc08-805c-4488-8f2d-6ab141c8a00b
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