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...