Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet: 151 x 122 mm. (5 15/16 x 4 13/16 in.)
Plate: 119 x 86 mm. (4 11/16 x 3 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.48.4746
Portrait of the author François Rabelais, French, 1494-1553. Later state published as frontispiece to the book "Les Oeuvres de Maistre François Rabelais (Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1868-1903)"
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art,
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
Inscribed: Inscribed in plate: lower center "Imp. A. Salmon, Paris"
Markings: None
