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Description: | Signed: yes Description: Decamps had a lifelong love of animals, and returned to animal motifs throughout his career. Monkeys were used by Decamps as a parody of humanity; depicting them playing musical instruments in this work in order to mock our follies and vanities. | Subjects: | animal (monkey); interior; allegory | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Decamps, Alexandre-Gabriel (French painter and printmaker, 1803-1860) Æ Attributed to | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8833... | Go to resource |
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