https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/12935/fullThe Monkey Orchestraca.1753-1775[com.gallerysystems.emuseum.core.entities.RecordXPerson@8dfd, com.gallerysystems.emuseum.core.entities.RecordXPerson@8d2a, com.gallerysystems.emuseum.core.entities.RecordXPerson@8b24]Hard-paste porcelain with overglaze enamels, gildingMeissen monkey band (Affenkapelle), modeled by Johann Joachim Kaendler. It is comprising of a conductor, thirteen musicians and four singers, each wearing a brightly coloured costume and supported on a scroll-moulded base heightened in gilding and applied with scattered flowers. The Conductor is wearing a purple and puce chequered coat, a flowered waistcoat and lavender breeched. His arms are raised and is holding a rolled score in his right hand. The organist (c.1800) is modeled astride another monkey and is wearing a white coat, a pink waistcoat and green breeches. The Violinist is wearing a lavender tricorn hat applied with a yellow flower, a yellow coat, a pink waistcoat and green breeches. The hurdy-gurdy player is wearing a white bonnet and a yellow-lined turquoise-green dress. The guitarist is wearing a black hat and a pleated white collar, with a pale lavender jacket, yellow breeches and a turquoise-green cloak over his shoulder. The bagpiper is wearing a yellow stray hat, a turquoise coat, a purple vest and yellow breeches. The flautist is wearing a pale yellow coat and breeches and a puce waistcoat. The bassoonist is wearing a yellow-plumed turban, a pale lavender-grey coat, a pink waistcoat and yellow breeches, and the base is heightened in puce. There are two trumpeters with the first wearing a flowered coat and iron-red breeches (c.1765-1766), and the second in a yellow-lined pale puce coat and turquoise-green waistcoat, and each with a sword at his side. The French horn player is wearing a black tricorn hat, and a white coat and puce breeches. The drummer is wearing a black tricorn hat, a yellow coat and grey breeches carrying a drum on his left arm and holding two batons. There is two drum Bearers, each wearing a white shirt and carrying a pair of snare drums on his back, with the first in blue breeches and the second in yellow breeches. A pair of singers, with the first wearing a beige dress, a yellow bodice and a turquoise-green skirt, and the other is in a pale lavender dress and a yellow skirt. Each is seated on a stool holding a score of music in her right hand and gesturing with the other. There are two other singers, the first wearing a yellow bonnet, a pink dress with ruffled sleeves and a yellow skirt, and is seated holding a score in her lap. The second is wearing a pale yellow dress and a turquoise-green skirt, holding a score in her left hand.com.gallerysystems.emuseum.core.entities.Classification@42chttps://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/1235/rdf