Monkey band, female vocalist

Kändler, Johann Joachim (1706-1775) (after a work of)

Reinicke, Peter (1715-1768) (after a work of)

Königlich Sächsische Porzellan-Manufaktur (Meißen) (founded 1710)


Item type:
decorative art
Date of creation:
ca. 1765
Height:
12.4 cm  (4 7/8 in.)
Technique / Medium:
Hard-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels, and gilding

    Item location

  • Art Institute of Chicago
    [Museum inv. no.: 1946.485]Gift of Robert Allerton

Description

Manufacturer: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, founded 1710, after a model of Kändler or Reinicke. This is one of a group of porcelain figures forming a monkey band, Art Institute of Chicago inv. nos. 1946.479 through 1946.494.

Musical works

legible music notation

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1
Notation in the score held by the monkey singer is visible in this image, unlike the image of the other monkey singer in this group in RIdIM 1728 (Art Institute of Chicago inv. no. 1946.482)

Bibliographic references

Owens, Margareth Boyer. Art Institute of Chicago. RIdIM/RCMI inventory of music iconography, no. 2. Edited by Terence Ford (New York: Research Center for Musical Iconography, 1987) 236 da 84. RILM 1988-275.

RIdIM record id

1731