Cleveland Museum of Art
Monkey Preaching to Turkeys
Christophe HuetLinkedCulture matchlcp-4e7b92384b28
- Date
- 1750–1800
- Medium
- Gouache
- Culture
- France
- Department
- Drawings
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 84843
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
This work belongs to a genre of imagery called singerie , which depicts monkeys dressed in human clothes parodying the actions of people. Here, a monkey preaches to a flock of turkeys from a wicker basket pulpit hanging from a tree. The turkeys, interpreted as symbols of foolishness, are deceived by the cunning primate in the disguise of a monk’s habit.
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- Credit line
- Bequest of Muriel Butkin
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