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A Chained Monkey

A work made of engraving in black on ivory laid paper.
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  • A work made of engraving in black on ivory laid paper.

Date:

1559/1596

Artist:

Franz Brun
German, active 1559-1596

About this artwork

Franz Brun’s reversed, excerpted image of the pet monkey from Albrecht Dürer’s Madonna with the Monkey differs from the original in several ways. The monkey is tethered to an abbreviated stump rather than a fence, and he grasps an uprooted flowering plant between his paws. Like the often-mimicked Dürer original, Brun’s copy traveled widely. One impression was even pasted into a late-16th-century Mughal book known as the Jahangir or Berlin Album (now in the Berlin Staatsbibliothek), which is replete with calligraphy and miniatures. The image’s inclusion likely reflects a universal fondness for such domesticated court animals.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Franz Brun

Title

A Chained Monkey

Place

Germany (Artist's nationality:)

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Artist's working dates 1579–1596

Medium

Engraving in black on ivory laid paper

Dimensions

Sheet: 7.2 × 6.5 cm (2 7/8 × 2 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Joseph Brooks Fair Collection

Reference Number

1947.445

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