Monkey band, drum bearer

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

Reinicke, Peter (1715-1768)

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

Item type:

decorative art

Date of creation:

ca. 1765

Height:

12.5 cm  (4 15/16 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 one of a group of porcelain figures forming a monkey band, Art Institute of Chicago inv. nos. 1946.479 through 1946.494.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Side drum [2729] (Two side drums, slung over the shoulder attached by a strap. Drums played by another monkey musician with two drumsticks.)

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

1733