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Still Life with Monkey, Fruits, and Flowers

A work made of oil on canvas.
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Date:

1724

Artist:

Jean Baptiste Oudry
French, 1686–1755

About this artwork

Jean-Baptiste Oudry received numerous commissions from Louis XV of France, who admired his skill as a painter of animals and still lifes. The artist frequently combined his two specialties, as in this work, in which a monkey, an animal celebrated in this period for its mischievous and lustful character, snatches a few grapes. The French Rococo taste for the sensual is manifest in the lush, overripe quality of the fruits and flowers, reminiscent of 17th-century Flemish works that Oudry is known to have studied. Paintings such as this typically adorned dining rooms as part of an overall decorative scheme.

Status

On View, Gallery 216

Department

Painting and Sculpture of Europe

Artist

Jean-Baptiste Oudry

Title

Still Life with Monkey, Fruits, and Flowers

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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1724

Medium

Oil on canvas

Inscriptions

Inscribed on the base of the architecture, to the right: J.B. Oudry 1724

Dimensions

141.6 × 144.8 cm (55 3/4 × 57 in.)

Credit Line

Major Acquisitions Centennial Fund

Reference Number

1977.486

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