The Monkey Painter
Pierre Louis de SurugueWW-1743-115738
1743·Etching with engraving in black on ivory laid paper·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.)
<p>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: <em>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. </em></p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1743
- 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.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Pierre Louis de Surugue
Artist
Pierre Louis de Surugue
Printmaking
Pierre-Louis de Surugue (French, 1716–1772)
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- Pierre Louis de Surugue
- Year
- 1743
- 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.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1743-115738
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
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