Monkeys imitating human behaviour have been a popular motif in art for centuries, but no one has painted a more beautiful and distinguished monkey than the 18th-century French painter Jean-Siméon Chardin. Scholte has copied Chardin’s painting, but with typical postmodern irony he has the monkey painting a diagram of the evolution from ape to man that biologist Charles Darwin described in his book On the Origin of Species.
Specifications
| Title | On the Origin of Species |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Acrylic paint on canvas |
| Object type |
Painting
> Painting
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
|
| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Height 150 cm Width 150 cm Depth 2.2 cm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Kunstenaar:
Rob Scholte
|
| Accession number | 3186 (MK) |
| Credits | Aankoop / Purchase: 1988 |
| Department | Modern Art |
| Acquisition date | 1988 |
| Age artist | About 30 years old |
| Internal exhibitions |
De collectie als tijdmachine (2017) |
| External exhibitions |
Ik hou van Holland (2013) Stop Making Sense (2013) |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Geographical origin | The Netherlands > Western Europe > Europe |
