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Dancing Apes

1720 - 1767 · etching; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Landscape with dancing and music-making monkeys. In the foreground, several monkeys watch from under a tree. Part of a series consisting of a title print and plates in which monkeys appear as humans in various scenes from daily life. The print has a two-line verse in Dutch.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description

Subjects

print monkeys, apes group dancing

Credit lineDansende apen. 1720 - 1767. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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