About this artwork
Pierre-Louis Surugue seems to have made this print after the popular paintings by Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin that were exhibited at the 1740 Salon (now in the Musee des Beaux-Arts,Chartres). The caption of the print says: The Monkey, exact imitator or parodist, Is a very common animal, And some men on this earth paint the one Who serves as a model to the other.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Prints and Drawings
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Artist
- Pierre Louis de Surugue
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Title
- The Monkey Painter
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Place
- France (Artist's nationality)
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Date
- 1743
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Medium
- Etching with engraving in black on ivory laid paper
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Dimensions
- Image: 27.7 × 22.8 cm (10 15/16 × 9 in.); Plate: 31.3 × 24.7 cm (12 3/8 × 9 3/4 in.); Sheet: 32 × 25.2 cm (12 5/8 × 9 15/16 in.)
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Credit Line
- Charles Greene Fund
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Reference Number
- 1958.551
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/8712/manifest.json
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