Title: Painting (La Peinture): a monkey seated at an easel, dressed in a robe and beret and holding a painter's palette, a framed painting hanging on the wall beyond
Object type: Print
Date: ca. 1700–1739
Artist:  Louis Desplaces 
Artist bio: French, Paris 1682–1739 Paris
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Etching and engraving
Dimensions: sheet: 10 1/16 x 7 5/16 in. (25.6 x 18.5 cm)
plate: 9 13/16 x 6 7/8 in. (25 x 17.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Painting, term: Monkeys, term: Easels, term: Palettes