Monkey band, flute player

Kändler, Johann Joachim (1706-1775)


Item type:
decorative art
Date of creation:
ca. 1765
Height:
14.3 cm  (5 5/8 in.)
Technique / Medium:
Hard-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels, and gilding

    Item location

  • Art Institute of Chicago
    [Museum inv. no.: 1946.488]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.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Flute [3955]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

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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

1734