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44 artworks. Compare how artists drew it, or what it meant to them.

Style 1 13

Een zittende aap aan een ketting
Netherlands
Rijksmuseum
A Seated Monkey on a Chain
1592 - 1602
Rijksmuseum
Monkey on a Branch
1879
Rijksmuseum
Aap op een tak
Netherlands · 1879
Rijksmuseum
Toy Bank: Monkey and Lion
George File · c. 1937
National Gallery of Art
Monkey Pushing over a Lacquered Tray
1812
Rijksmuseum
Monkey
Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903 · 1890s
Smithsonian
monkey from "Sketches abroad with pen and pencil, etc".
United Kingdom · 1868
The British Library
Meditation
Herman Hartwich, born New York City 1853-died Munich, Germany 1926 · 1880s
Smithsonian
Der Affen-Laokoon
Unbekannter Fotograf (Herstellung) (Fotograf)
Deutsche Fotothek
animals, monkey, captivity, spider monkey, photography, ph
Isacsson, Sven-Erik · 1972
Museum of World Culture
Tropical Forest with Monkeys
Henri Rousseau · 1910
National Gallery of Art
Cat and Monkey
Gottfried Engelmann (French, 1788-1839) · 1814/16
Art Institute of Chicago

Style 2 13

Monkey
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) · possibly 1700s
Cleveland Museum of Art
MONKEY Mexican, Aztec, 15th century A.D. Volcanic stone
Estonia
Under and Tuglas Literature Centre
Monkey Playing a Rumbling Pot, from the Top of a Balustrade or the Backrest of the Stadholder’s Chair in the Rolzaal in the Hof van Holland, The Hague
1511
Rijksmuseum
Monkey
c. 1731 - c. 1733
Rijksmuseum
Double Vessel in the Form of a Seated Monkey with Coca Bag Around Neck
Moche · 100 BCE–500 CE
Art Institute of Chicago
Monkey
Central Mexico, Tacuba, Aztec, Post-Classic Period · 1325–1519
Cleveland Museum of Art
Monkey Supporting an Escutcheon, from the Top of a Balustrade or the Backrest of the Stadholder’s Chair in the Rolzaal in the Hof van Holland, The Hague
1511
Rijksmuseum
Monkey Pendant
Panama, International Style · c. 400–900
Cleveland Museum of Art
Monkey Statuette
Frank Fumagalli · c. 1937
National Gallery of Art
Ahvifiguur
Estonia
Art Museum of Estonia
Monkey with a snuffbox
c. 1730 - c. 1733
Rijksmuseum
Monkey Figure
Ingeborg Plockross-Iminger (Danish, 1872–1962); Bing & Grøndahl (Danish, est. 1853) · c. 1850–1900
Cleveland Museum of Art
Netsuke: a monkey trainer
Netherlands · 1750
National Museum of World Cultures Foundation

Style 3 9

A Chained Monkey
Franz Brun · 1559/1596
Art Institute of Chicago
A Monumental Portrait of a Monkey
India · c. 1705–1710
Art Institute of Chicago
Monkey
Germany
Deutsche Fotothek
Chlorocebus pygerythrus (Vervet monkey)
1777-10 - 1786-03
Rijksmuseum
Plate 30: Two Monkeys
Joris Hoefnagel · c.1575/1590s
National Gallery of Art
Plate 32: Two Monkeys on a Table
Joris Hoefnagel · c.1575/1590s
National Gallery of Art
Monkey on Branch
Louis Jules Duboscq-Soleil (French, 1817–1886) · c. 1855
Cleveland Museum of Art
The Monkey and the Dolphin, Illustration for Aesop's Fables
Victor Wilbour · 1910s
Smithsonian
Plate 29: Two Monkeys, an "Arctopithecus"(Sloth?) and Fruit
Joris Hoefnagel · 1575
National Gallery of Art

Style 4 5

Symea (monkey)
Netherlands · 1350
KB, National Library of the Netherlands
Symea (monkey)
Netherlands
KB, National Library of the Netherlands
Circus Wagon Monkey
John Matulis · c. 1939
National Gallery of Art
A Toy Monkey
1836
Rijksmuseum
Pottery Vase
Stanley Mazur · probably 1941
National Gallery of Art

Named in the museum's description 4

The monkey is small, hidden or only part of the story in these works, so they're shown whole.

Male Monkey sits on decorative frieze
Christophe Huet, French, 1695 – 1759 · 1890s, 1860s
Smithsonian
A Monkey Playing on His Back
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec · 1880
National Gallery of Art
The Monkey and the Cat
Abraham Hondius (Dutch, c. 1625–1695) · probably 1670s
Cleveland Museum of Art
Monkey Trade Sign
Unidentified · 1930s, 1950s
Smithsonian