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Figure of a Monkey on a Dog

c. 1745
manufacturer

Villeroy Factory

(French)
France, Mennecy, 18th century
soft-paste porcelain with enamel decoration
Overall: 15.9 cm (6 1/4 in.)
Gift of Rosenberg & Stiebel, Inc. 1953.269
Location: 216A French and German
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This monkey may have once held a stick in its outstretched left hand.

Description

Images of this type, monkeys dressed in human clothing and engaged in human pursuits, were called singeries and were represented in 18th-century French painting and decorative art. This particular figurine was based on a book of engravings that provided designs for contemporary craftsmen and was published by animal painter Christopher Huet in 1748.
Figure of a Monkey on a Dog

Figure of a Monkey on a Dog

c. 1745

Villeroy Factory, Mennecy- Villeroy Factory

(French)
France, Mennecy, 18th century

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