Orangutan eating strawberries, by Tethart Haag, 1776, Tethart Philipp Christian Haag

Orangutan eating strawberries. This specific orangutan lived in city of the hague, in the private zoo of the dutch stadtholder prince william v of orange-nassau. This is where it was painted by tethart haag, who was appointed to the court as painter and art-advisor to the prince. Object Type: painting. Date: 1776. Medium: painting. Collection: Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum.