Jan Weenix, A Seated Monkey
Gift of H.B. van der Ven, The Hague · Rijksmuseum, AmsterdamView original →
Jan Weenix

A Seated Monkey

before 1685

Current Collection

Rijksmuseum

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Medium
canvas
Dimensions
29.9 × 25.9 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-117183

Jan Weenix painted his animal pieces in a highly pragmatic fashion. For instance, once he had depicted this little monkey accurately from life, he could use the study over and over again. The Rijksmuseum owns two game still lifes clearly showing how he went about this: one is hanging next to this work. Weenix copied the monkey, as he did in many other paintings. This studio material allows us to follow his working method.

Provenance

Gift of H.B. van der Ven, The Hague

Registry history

  • before 1685 — Recorded in the collection of Rijksmuseum

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