A gilt-bronze monkey, in the manner of Caffieri 18th century

wearing a ruff and frock coat with a tricorn hat and presenting as if on stage, on a later rouge griotte marble oblong plinth; sword lacking,

In overall good condition. Some ver minor rubbing to gilt-bronze. Nice quality casting. There is a small hole in the front of the hat where perhaps there was a previous fixing eg a feather, but this is hardly noticeable as it is covered by the brim. There are some miniscule chips to the marble base which are hardly noticeable and the base would benefit from a light clean according to taste.
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Comparative Literature:
Daniel Alcouffe, Anne Dion Tenenbaum, Gérard Mabille, Gilt bronzes in the Louvre, Dijon, 2004, pp. 62-63, no. 25, (inv. OA 10533), for a pair of 18th century gilt-bronze monkey musician chenets, the monkeys conceived in a similar vein to the present one.The monkeys are reminiscent of the liveliness of the animal chenets produced by Caffieri's workshop and described in the inventory drawn up after Jacques Caffieri's death in 1755 (Alcouffe). One should also not discount the influence of the porcelain monkeys produced by J.J. Kändler for the Meissen manufactory.