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Crouching figure under a long-beaked bird

Design No. 223662Archival & CollageThe Drolatic Dreams

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Ink Black

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Size
130 × 130mm
Material
Glazed ceramic, handmade
Suitable for
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Crouching figure under a long-beaked bird

Design no. 223662

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

Design no.
223662
Department
Archival & Collage
Collection
The Drolatic Dreams
Source
Anonymous, Les Songes drolatiques de Pantagruel (Paris, 1565)
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

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Crouching figure under a long-beaked bird