The Monkey Connoisseurs
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- | [[Image:The Experts, 1837 by Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps.jpg |thumb|200px|''[[The Experts]]'' ([[1837]]) by [[Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps]]]] | + | [[Image:The Experts, 1837 by Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps.jpg |thumb|200px|''[[The Monkey Connoisseurs]]'' ([[1837]]) by [[Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps]]]] |
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- | [[Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps]]'s ''[[The Monkey Connoisseurs]]'' is a [[clever]] [[satire]] of the [[jury]] of the [[Académie de peinture et de sculpture|Académie des Beaux-Arts|French Academy of Painting]], which had rejected several of his earlier works on account of their divergence from any known standard. | + | '''''The Monkey Connoisseurs''''' (1837)[http://jahsonic.tumblr.com/post/279374515/the-experts-1837-by-alexandre-gabriel-decamps], also known as '''The Experts''' is a painting by [[Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps]]. It is a [[satire]] of the [[jury]] of the [[Académie de peinture et de sculpture|French Academy of Painting]], which had rejected several of his earlier works on account of their divergence from any known standard. |
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+ | The work was shown at the [[Salon of 1839]] and at the [[Exposition Universelle of 1855]]. | ||
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+ | It is in the collection of the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]]. | ||
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+ | The work is similar to ''[[Monkeys as Judges of Art]]'' (1889) by [[Gabriel von Max]]. | ||
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+ | *[[Aesthetics]] | ||
+ | *[[Animals in art]] | ||
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The Monkey Connoisseurs (1837)[1], also known as The Experts is a painting by Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps. It is a satire of the jury of the French Academy of Painting, which had rejected several of his earlier works on account of their divergence from any known standard.
The work was shown at the Salon of 1839 and at the Exposition Universelle of 1855.
It is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The work is similar to Monkeys as Judges of Art (1889) by Gabriel von Max.
See also
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