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Description: | Representations of animals as protagonists in everyday scenes usually have satirical overtones, and in this painting Folly is connected with learning. A cage with a parrot hangs above a classroom where four monkeys play musical instruments, while another group sit around a table learning their lessons. The large eyeglasses that one of them carries could signify pretensions to learnedness or specious truth. The theme of the Monkey School had its origins in medieval miniature painting. It became highly popular in the seventeenth century, appearing in prints by Pieter van der Borcht and paintings by David Teniers II. | Subjects: | everyday life; animal (monkey parrot); allegory (folly) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Flemish School Æ Attributed to | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8969... | Go to resource |
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