Singeries Amouresuses, Plate 2

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Object Details

Designer

Nicolas Guérard, French, ca.1648–1719

Catalogue Status

Research in Progress

Description

Horizontal rectangle. Groups of monkeys on a monumental platform, in the foregound. At the center, one monkey, wearing a sword, kneels before another dressed as a royal personage, seated on a tabouret facing right. Enclosed in frame. Title above, center.

Credit Line

Museum purchase through gift of and in memory of Robert W. Chanler

Date

ca. 1700

Accession Number

1952-141-5

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Object Name

Type

Medium

Engraving with black ink on paper

Dimensions

H x W: 18.6 × 27.6 cm (7 5/16 × 10 7/8 in.)

made in

France

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection

Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department

Data Source

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4caf4c9a4-17f1-475b-b4fd-d0ce7f795c5f

Record ID

chndm_1952-141-5