Still Life with Monkey, Fruits, and Flowers
Jean Baptiste Oudry (French, 1686–1755)
1724
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About this work
Jean-Baptiste Oudry received numerous commissions from Louis XV of France, who admired his skill as a painter of animals and still lifes. The artist frequently combined his two specialties, as in this work, in which a monkey, an animal celebrated in this period for its mischievous and lustful character, snatches a few grapes. The French Rococo taste for the sensual is manifest in the lush, overripe quality of the fruits and flowers, reminiscent of 17th-century Flemish works that Oudry is known to have studied. Paintings such as this typically adorned dining rooms as part of an overall decorative scheme.
- Artist
- Jean Baptiste Oudry (French, 1686–1755)
- Date
- 1724
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Origin
- France
- Style
- 18th Century
- Collection
- Painting and Sculpture of Europe
- Reference
- 1977.486 · Art Institute of Chicago