Meet Husaini an unusually distinguished painted monkey.
An inscription identifies the monkey in this portrait as Husaini. Attributed to the anonymous Stipple Master, the painting gives an uncommon subject an unusually monumental and individualized presence.
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
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Digital image courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. Lacy Armour Fund, James and Marilynn Alsdorf Acquisition Fund
Creator: India Rajasthan, Mewar, Udaipur, attributed to the “Stipple Master” (active c. 1692-c. 1715)
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