The Ape Tied in a Courtyard

Prints and Drawings

1520/30

Jean de Gourmont
French, 1506-1551

Exotic animals made popular pets in the early modern era (from the late 15th to 18th centuries), as seen in the extravagant courtyard depicted in this roundel. The ape’s owner cannot be far off, as it is attached to the wall; the lone pear the animal attempts to reach with its foot has been left cruelly just out of reach.

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Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Jean de Gourmont
Title: The Ape Tied in a Courtyard
Place: France (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1520–1530
Medium: Engraving in black on cream laid paper
Dimensions: Sheet, trimmed within platemark: 8.5 × 8.4 cm (3 3/8 × 3 5/16 in.)
Credit Line: Bequest of Mrs. Potter Palmer, Jr.
Reference Number: 1956.1063
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Leutrat JG21 I/II

Bartsch 13

Robert-Dumesnil 22

Le Blanc 21

Courboin 1672

Fonds Français 22

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