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<em>Figure of a Monkey Playing a Harp</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 13/16 × 1/2 × 1 11/16 in. (7.2 × 1.3 × 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.82. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.82_view01.jpg)
Figure of a Monkey Playing a Harp, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 13/16 × 1/2 × 1 11/16 in. (7.2 × 1.3 × 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.82. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.82_view01.jpg)
<em>Figure of a Monkey Playing a Harp</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 13/16 × 1/2 × 1 11/16 in. (7.2 × 1.3 × 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.82. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.82_view01.jpg)

Figure of a Monkey Playing a Harp, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 13/16 × 1/2 × 1 11/16 in. (7.2 × 1.3 × 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.82. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.82_view01.jpg)

<em>Figure of a Monkey Playing a Harp</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 13/16 × 1/2 × 1 11/16 in. (7.2 × 1.3 × 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.82. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.82_view02.jpg)

Figure of a Monkey Playing a Harp, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 13/16 × 1/2 × 1 11/16 in. (7.2 × 1.3 × 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.82. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.82_view02.jpg)

<em>Figure of a Monkey Playing a Harp</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 13/16 × 1/2 × 1 11/16 in. (7.2 × 1.3 × 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.82. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.82_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

Figure of a Monkey Playing a Harp, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 13/16 × 1/2 × 1 11/16 in. (7.2 × 1.3 × 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.82. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.82_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Figure of a Monkey Playing a Harp</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 13/16 × 1/2 × 1 11/16 in. (7.2 × 1.3 × 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.82. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.82_view03.jpg)

Figure of a Monkey Playing a Harp, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 13/16 × 1/2 × 1 11/16 in. (7.2 × 1.3 × 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.82. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.82_view03.jpg)

<em>Figure of a Monkey Playing a Harp</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 13/16 × 1/2 × 1 11/16 in. (7.2 × 1.3 × 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.82. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.82_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

Figure of a Monkey Playing a Harp, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 13/16 × 1/2 × 1 11/16 in. (7.2 × 1.3 × 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.82. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.82_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Figure of a Monkey Playing a Harp</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 13/16 × 1/2 × 1 11/16 in. (7.2 × 1.3 × 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.82. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.82_view04.jpg)

Figure of a Monkey Playing a Harp, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 13/16 × 1/2 × 1 11/16 in. (7.2 × 1.3 × 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.82. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.82_view04.jpg)

<em>Figure of a Monkey Playing a Harp</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 13/16 × 1/2 × 1 11/16 in. (7.2 × 1.3 × 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.82. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.82_view05.jpg)

Figure of a Monkey Playing a Harp, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 13/16 × 1/2 × 1 11/16 in. (7.2 × 1.3 × 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.82. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.82_view05.jpg)

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Figure of a Monkey Playing a Harp

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Limestone, pigment
  • Possible Place Made: Tell el-Amarna, Egypt
    • DATES ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E.
    DYNASTY late Dynasty 18
    PERIOD New Kingdom, Amarna Period
    DIMENSIONS 2 13/16 × 1/2 × 1 11/16 in. (7.2 × 1.3 × 4.3 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 16.82
    CREDIT LINE Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Small limestone figure of a monkey playing a harp. He is squatting on the ground with a harp directly in front of him, a position frequently found in Theban tomb paintings of which this may well be a caricature. The strings of the harp were indicated in orange-red as was the flesh of the monkey with other details in black. Extensive traces of color still remain. Condition: Surface worn.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Figure of a Monkey Playing a Harp, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 13/16 × 1/2 × 1 11/16 in. (7.2 × 1.3 × 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.82. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.82_view01.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, CUR.16.82_view01.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2022
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    <em>Figure of a Monkey Playing a Harp</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 13/16 × 1/2 × 1 11/16 in. (7.2 × 1.3 × 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.82. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.82_view01.jpg)

    TAGS

    Amanra Period
    Amarna Age
    Ancient
    Egypt
    Egyptian
    Figure
    Late 18th Dynasty
    Limestone
    New Kingdom
    Tell el Amarna

    TAGS

    Amanra Period
    Amarna Age
    Ancient
    Egypt
    Egyptian
    Figure
    Late 18th Dynasty
    Limestone
    New Kingdom
    Tell el Amarna

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