Antoine Watteau|Louis Desplaces|Marguerite Caillou Chéreau
Painting (La Peinture): a monkey seated at an easel, dressed in a robe and beret and holding a painter's palette, a framed painting hanging on the wall beyond
ca. 1700–1739
Etching and engraving
25.6 × 18.5 cm (10.1 × 7.3 in)
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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026
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