A Monumental Portrait of a Monkey 1710

India. Rajasthan, Mewar, Udaipur, attributed to the “Stipple Master” (active c. 1692-c. 1715) [br] Except for depictions of the monkey-god Hanuman, monkeys are rarely the subject of portraits in India. In this monumental portrait, therefore, we are looking not only at an unusual subject matter but also at a study of an extraordinary simian: one with human features complet...

Size:: outermost border: 48.5 × 58.7 cm (19 × 23 in.); Image: 45 × 56 c
Medium:: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Credit:: Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
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