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Félix Bracquemond

Gargantua and His Mare at the Ford of Vede, 1869

Description

Maker

  • Félix Bracquemond, 1833-1914, French

Title

Gargantua and His Mare at the Ford of Vede

Year

1869

Medium

Watercolor, gouache and graphite

Dimensions

28.3 x 14.9 cm (11 1/8 x 5 7/8 inches) (sheet)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed in brown paint, LL: "Bracquemond"

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Drawings and Watercolors

Credit

Museum Membership Fund

Object Number

70.103

About

This drawing is a preliminary design for Bracquemond's etching of the same subject that was part of a series of 15 illustrations to Rabelais published in 1872. The drawing was exhibited at the Salon of 1869.

Signed in brown paint, LL: "Bracquemond"

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Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Draw Me a Story

April 14 - July 23, 2006

Bracquemond began his career as a designer for ceramics. He later participated in the revival of etched illustration in France long after lithography had superceded the technique. He strove to align etching with painting and to etch his designs himself rather than employing a middleman etcher. This drawing depicts the giant, Gargantua, during a battle scene from the novel Gargantua et Pantagruel by the French Renaissance author François Rabelais. It illustrates an episode in which Gargantua pulls a large tree out of the ground to use as a staff; simultaneously, his mare relieves herself on the enemy below, causing the country to flood and the enemy to drown.

The Illustrated Book

October 21 - November 23, 1980

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