''Princess with a Monkey'' ( lv, Princese ar pērtiķi) is a 1913 painting by
Janis Rozentāls
Janis Rozentāls (March 18, 1866 – December 26, 1916) was a famous Latvian painter.
Life
Rozentāls was born in Bebri Farmstead, Saldus parish, Courland Governorate in the Russian Empire. He was the son of a blacksmith. He received the ...
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Description
''Princess with a Monkey'' reflects a theme Rozentāls returned to repeatedly in the last years of his life. Some interpretations see the painting as an allegory of the relationship between an artist and society reflecting the power of money over the artist. Or perhaps the princess is ‘great, beautiful art’ and the monkey the artist: her servant and plaything, bound by golden chains. Rozentāls’ work included graphic art and in 1910 he worked on the decorative frieze of the newly built headquarters of the Riga Latvian Society. The painting is oil on canvas, with dimensions 145.5 x 69.5 centimeters.
It is located in the
Latvian National Museum of Art
The Latvian National Museum of Art ( lv, Latvijas Nacionālais mākslas muzejs) is the richest collection of national art in Latvia. It houses more than 52,000 works of art reflecting the development of professional art in the Baltic area and in ...
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Riga
Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Ba ...
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Princese ar pērtiķi, LNB Digitālā bibliotēka
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References
External links
Desmit Rozentāla gleznas: Princese ar pērtiķi
1913 paintings
Latvian paintings
Paintings in Latvia
Monkeys in art
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