Decorative Arts & Design
Figure of a Monkey on a Dog
Permanent Exhibition
Details
- Author / creator
- Villeroy Factory
- Object type
- Ceramics
- Date or period
- c. 1745
- Dimensions summary
- Overall: 15.9 cm
- Maker or workshop
- Villeroy Factory
- Period / style
- Rococo
- Image rights
- Public domain (CC0)
About this object
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.
Materials and technique
Soft-paste porcelain with enamel decoration
Signature and marks
[Incised on back of base, filled with manganese (brown)]: D.V.
