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This painting depicts an allegorical scene with a reclining figure on a bed, a tree bearing fruit, and three clothed figures. The scene includes a nude figure on a bed draped with flowing fabric labeled "Eger", a tree with fruit, a figure in red holding a basket, and two figures in robes with labels "Avarus" and "In Virtute Fortis." At the bottom, there is a Latin inscription. The illustration combines figurative elements with a possible satirical or allegorical theme. This artwork is reminiscent of the Renaissance period like Albrecht Dürer's style.
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This painting depicts an allegorical scene with a reclining figure on a bed, a tree bearing fruit, and three clothed figures. The scene includes a nude figure on a bed draped with flowing fabric labeled "Eger", a tree with fruit, a figure in red holding a basket, and two figures in robes with labels "Avarus" and "In Virtute Fortis." At the bottom, there is a Latin inscription. The illustration combines figurative elements with a possible satirical or allegorical theme. This artwork is reminiscent of the Renaissance period like Albrecht Dürer's style.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

An Ape in Purple with a Sick Man, a Good Man, and a Miser [fol. 36 verso]

French early 16th Century

Date
c. 1512/1515
Medium
pen and brown ink with watercolor on laid paper
Dimensions
overall: 16.4 x 10.9 cm (6 7/16 x 4 5/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2006.11.37
Credit line
Woodner Collection, Gift of Andrea Woodner
Time span
1501 to 1550
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Portfolio and series

Series
Speculum principis (Mirror for Princes)

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • Tree
  • Bed
  • Man
  • Writing
Provenance

(Sale, London, Sotheby's, 13 July 1937, lot 64); (sale, London, Sotheby's, 15-17 November 1937, lot 546); (sale, London, Maggs Bros., Ltd., catalogue 709, 1941, no. 30); (purchased by William H. Schab Gallery via Paul Graupe); purchased by Ian Woodner, New York, by 1973; by inheritance to his daughters, Andrea and Dian Woodner, New York, 1990.

Inscription

upper center in pen and brown ink: Eger.; center center in pen and brown ink: Aurarus / Vir Virtufe fortis.; across bottom in pen and brown ink: Simia purpurata Inauem gloriam / -hypochrilim prefigurans.

NGA object ID 86042. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.