A Seated Monkey on a Chain, Hendrick Goltzius, 1592 - 1602 , The Hendrick Goltzius Collection - room 3

A Seated Monkey on a Chain, Hendrick Goltzius, 1592 - 1602

A Seated Monkey on a Chain, Hendrick Goltzius, 1592 - 1602 — A Seated Monkey on a Chain

Painter: Hendrick Goltzius
Year: 1592 - 1602
Medium: black, ochre, and red chalks

Description: With masterly strokes and hatching, Hendrick Goltzius drew this Asian rhesus monkey, recognizable by its pinkish face, framed by fur. He devoted a great deal of attention to the faithful rendering of the fur, cleverly using the white of the paper to create subtle contrasts of light and dark. A fettered monkey had a special meaning, alluding to sinful man who is shackled to the earth through his lust for wealth.

The Hendrick Goltzius Collection Catalog

Room 1

Lot and his Daughters

Hendrick Goltzius, 1616
Vertumnus and Pomona

Hendrick Goltzius, 1613
Dying Adonis

Hendrick Goltzius, 1609
Portrait of a 26-Year-Old Man

Hendrick Goltzius, 1586
Portrait of Gillis van Breen, drawing or cutting wood

Hendrick Goltzius, 1600
Standing Juno

Hendrick Goltzius, 1600 - 1617
Two seated female nudes

Hendrick Goltzius, 1568
Portrait of Prince William I of Orange

Hendrick Goltzius, 1595 - 1605
Portrait of Philip William of Nassau

Hendrick Goltzius, 1595 - 1605
Portret van Pierre Francheville (Francavilla)

Hendrick Goltzius, 1590 - 1591
Portrait of Pieter Dircksz. Hasselaer (?)

Hendrick Goltzius, 1578 - 1588
Jupiter omhelst Io

Hendrick Goltzius, 1590 - 1595

Room 2

Standing Female nude

Hendrick Goltzius, 1586 - 1590
Venetiaans bruiloftsfeest

Hendrick Goltzius, 1583 - 1590
Study of the head of a man in the style of Dürer

Hendrick Goltzius, 1606
Portrait of Jan Baertsen

Hendrick Goltzius, 1587 - 1591
Mars

Hendrick Goltzius, 1591 - 1596
Juno

Hendrick Goltzius, 1595 - 1596
Portrait of a distinguished woman

Hendrick Goltzius, 1581 - 1591
Portrait of a military commander

Hendrick Goltzius, 1581 - 1591
Portrait of an unknown man

Hendrick Goltzius, 1580 - 1595
Portrait of Wolfgang William of Bavaria

Hendrick Goltzius, 1600 - 1616
Portrait of Hendrick Micker or Mikker

Hendrick Goltzius, 1593 - 1599
Letter to Jan van Wely

Hendrick Goltzius, 1605

Room 3

Letter to Jan van Wely

Hendrick Goltzius, 1605
A Seated Monkey on a Chain

Hendrick Goltzius, 1592 - 1602
Study of a praying man (Peter?)

Hendrick Goltzius, 1584 - 1589
Five officers, studying for a gunnery meal.

Hendrick Goltzius, 1595 - 1605
Bust of an old man

Hendrick Goltzius, 1610
Sketches of elephant and hand and head of a man

Hendrick Goltzius, 1590 - 1595
Portrait of Jean Niquet

Hendrick Goltzius, 1590 - 1595
Portrait of a theologian

Hendrick Goltzius, 1585 - 1590
Two seated nude women

Hendrick Goltzius, 1593 - 1599
Portrait of Christiaen Rodenburg (?)

Hendrick Goltzius, 1593 - 1599
Portrait of Stanislas Sobocki

Hendrick Goltzius, 1583
Portrait of Lubbert Claesz. van der Weijden

Hendrick Goltzius, 1590 - 1599

Room 4

Ruins of Brederode House

Hendrick Goltzius, 1600
Birth of Adonis

Hendrick Goltzius, 1605
Judith with the head of Holofernes

Hendrick Goltzius, 1586 - 1590
David with the head of Goliath

Hendrick Goltzius, 1586 - 1590
Samson with the donkey's jaw

Hendrick Goltzius, 1586 - 1590
Jael with a hammer and a big nail

Hendrick Goltzius, 1586 - 1590

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