Monkey band, drum beater, and entire band

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:

14.9 cm  (5 7/8 in.)

Technique / Medium:

Hard-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels, and gilding

Description

Manufacturer: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, founded 1710, after a model of Kändler or Reinicke. This is a group of porcelain figures forming a monkey band, Art Institute of Chicago inv. nos. 1946.479 through 1946.494. The drum beater is in the upper left corner, striking two side drums slung over the shoulders of another monkey, playing the drums with two sticks.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Side drum [2729]
Bassoon [3795]
Guitar [3237]
Galoubet [3970]
Side drum [2729]
Violin [3573]
Flute [3955]
Hurdy-gurdy [3305]
Clarinet [3836]
Violoncello [3582]
Bagpipe [3746]
Trumpet [4446] (Folded trumpet)

Musical works

legible music notation

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

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

1732