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Figure of a Monkey on a Dog
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About this work
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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineFigure of a Monkey on a Dog, c. 1745. Villeroy Factory. Soft-paste porcelain with enamel decoration; overall: 15.9 cm (6 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Rosenberg & Stiebel, Inc., 1953.269
