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Monkeys weighing and counting money
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Monkeys weighing and counting money

Leonard Schenk · 1720 · etching; engraving; paper

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

About this work

Monkeys as bankers, on the right a monkey weighs coins on a small scale. Part of a series consisting of a title print and 16 unnumbered plates from ca. 1720 in which monkeys appear as humans in various scenes from daily life. Each print with a two-line verse in the inscription.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printmonkeys, apes
Credit lineApen wegen en tellen geld. 1720. Leonard Schenk. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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