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Old Master Paintings & 19th Century Art

Monday 23 November 2020, 04:00 PM • Rome

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Pittore fiammingo attivo a Roma, secolo XVIII

View of Ponte Milvio in Rome with fishermen

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€ 700 - 1.000

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€ 3.072

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tempera on paper
270 x 344 mm (sheet size)
bears the initials H.S . on the lower center column, and A.S. on the disc held by the monkey

Taken with variations from a well-known engraving by Jan Both (Utrecht 1618-1652).

Original and curious is the insert of the chained monkey, which holds a disc with the monogram AS.

In Flemish art, particularly in the works of David Teniers, monkeys are represented with a satirical-grotesque meaning, to ridicule some human behavior. In other contexts, however, the presence of the monkey alludes to the mimetic capacity of painting: just as the monkey imitates man, in fact, painting imitates reality.