Female Monkey in Rococo Dress
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 female monkey is depicted in Rococo dress, consisting of a blue and white gown, a fluffy white hat with feathers, and a pink muff which she holds in front of her. She is sitting in the center of the composition against a peach-colored background, resting on a portion of a blue frame with pink floral garlands beneath her.
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-a
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: 29.5 × 30.6 cm (11 5/8 × 12 1/16 in.)