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Ornament with a Monkey

Jean-Jacques Avril I

Artist, French, 1744 - 1831

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Artwork overview

Medium

etching and engraving
Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession

1979.48.4

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1994

Fanciful Flourishes: Ornament in European Graphic Art and Related Objects, 1300-1800, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, as Chinese Ornament with a Monkey.

Wikidata ID

Q65572236

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