Beaked figure standing in a vessel

Design No. 223655Archival & CollageThe Drolatic Dreams

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Beaked figure standing in a vessel

Design no. 223655

Strange, comic figures from Les Songes drolatiques de Pantagruel, a Paris picture book of 1565.

Design no.: 223655
Department: Archival & Collage
Collection: The Drolatic Dreams
Source: Anonymous, Les Songes drolatiques de Pantagruel (Paris, 1565), sig. G4
Illustrator: Anonymous; some cuts copied after Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Technique: Woodcut
Style: 1565 grotesques: open line, light hatching, strong silhouette
Subject: Figures, Monsters & marvels
Colour: Black on cream as standard
Form: Single tile
Mood: Playful
Symmetry: Asymmetric
Complexity: Medium