Arabesque with a Monkey

early 1760s

Anne Allen

Artist, French, active 1790s

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color etching inked à la poupée on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 19.3 x 13.7 cm (7 5/8 x 5 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 22.3 x 17 cm (8 3/4 x 6 11/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1991.186.3

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1992

  • Dürer to Diebenkorn: Recent Acquisitions of Art of Paper, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1992, no. 34.

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.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: J. Pillement in.; lower right in plate: Anne allen S.

Wikidata ID

Q74895898

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