Avec Autant de Matiere on Peut Faire des Dejeuners
[With Other Things Thrown in One Can Have Lunch]
Paris: c. Late 18th Century
6 7/8 x 5 inches
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Physiognomic Wine Figure
Paris: c. Late 18th Century
Paris: c. Late 18th Century
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Physiognomic caricature, of a large Frenchman, whose body is made of wine barrels, bottles, and pitchers.
Physiognomic figures are human figures creatively composed from inanimate objects that generally are meant to symbolize an occupation or activity. They were popular during the 18th and 19th centuries. Read more about them in our online exhibition The Eccentric Mind.
One of the wine barrels has the letters D.O.M. which also appears on bottles of Benedictine liqueur. It is Latin, meaning Deo Optimo Maximo: to God, the best and greatest.