Interior with Monkeys
Artist
Gaspare Diziani
(Italian, 1689 – 1767)
Dateca. 1717 - 20
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsFrame: 25 1/2 x 31 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (64.8 x 80 x 8.9 cm)
Image: 19 x 24 7/8 in. (48.3 x 63.2 cm)
Image: 19 x 24 7/8 in. (48.3 x 63.2 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN182
Though painted by an Italian artist, the subject of this work was inspired by Northern European paintings and prints of the 16th and 17th centuries—for example, the work of the Flemish painter David Teniers the Younger—in which monkeys are shown engaging in human activities. Such works provided satirical commentary on human nature. Diziani, who enjoyed a long career as a painter and stage designer, likely painted this while working in Germany.
On View
On viewLocation
- Museum of Art, Gallery 18, Wall South
George F. Bellis
P. A. Schermerhorn
