Male Monkey, Straddling Frame in Prayer
date: label: Date
content: late 19th century
name: label: Style of
content: Christophe Huet, French, 1695 – 1759
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A singerie, a work from the visual arts genre characterized by depictions of monkeys imitating human behavior, often fashionably attired. A male monkey is depicted in Rococo dress, consisting of red breeches, a green waistcoat, a yellow coat, and a grey wig. He appears in the center of the composition, in profile facing right against a peach-colored background. He straddles a portion of a blue-green-colored frame and raises his hands in prayer. Pink floral garlands and green leaves appear beneath him.
place: label: made in
content: France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1911-28-76-b
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Brush and gouache over graphite on thin board
label: Dimensions
content: 29.6 × 30.6 cm (11 5/8 × 12 1/16 in.)