Allegorie der Tulipomanie [Allegory of Tulip Mania], by Jan Brueghel the Younger, 1640s. A satirical commentary on speculators during the time of “Tulip Mania”, an economic bubble that centered around rare tulip bulbs.
Kwakzalver [Quack], by Pieter van der Borcht , ca. late 16th century. A charlatan doctor sells a cure (seemingly for hangovers, though perhaps for hair loss)
Backgammon-playing baboons, 17th century, artist unknown
Marskramer door apen beroofd [The Sleeping Pedlar Robbed by Monkeys], a 1562 engraving by Pieter van der Heyden after Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s take on the popular folk motive
Later version of the above image, by Pieter Feddes Harlingen, ca. early 17th century
Tabakskollegium [Tobacco Club], Abraham Teniers, mid-17th century
Apen op School [Monkeys in school ], David Teniers the Younger (brother of Abraham above), circa 1660
Wem Sehen wir gleich? A qui resemblons nous? [Who Do We Look Like?], artist unknown, late-18th century
Le singe peintre, aussi dit Intérieur d’atelier [The Monkey Painter, also called Workshop Interior.], Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, ca. 1833
Le singe peintre [The Monkey Painter], follower of Ferdinand van Kessel, ca. 17th century
Aap op zijn ziekbed [Monkey on his Sickbed], Leonard Schenk, 1720
A monkey physician examining a cat patient for fleas, artist unknown, date unknown
Das Katzenkonzert [The Concert of Cats], David Teniers the Younger, 17th century
A monkey in elegant costume is addressing a group of wild monkeys under a tree, engraving by B.P. Gibbon after an oil painting by E. H. Landseer, ca. 1828
For What Was I Created?, William Holbrook Beard, ca. 1886
Beviamo tutti tre [We Drink All Three], after Edmund Bristow, 1836
Singerie with smoking pipe, David Teniers the Younger, 17th century
The Laundry from a series of eighteen “singerie” prints by Pieter van der Borcht, ca.1562
Singerie with monkey soldiers taking a cat prisoner, backgammon playing monkeys to the right, Sebastian Vrancx, early-17th century
Letzte Vorstellung [Last Performance], Gabriel von Max, ca. 1885
A Japanese style monkey wearing a black hat and red shirt while holding a fan and a flower, artist unknown, ca. 19th century
Le Singe sculpteur [The Monkey Sculptor], Antoine Watteau, ca. 1710
