"Mr. Judas" from The Complete Works of Béranger
Medium
Wood engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 8 5/8 × 5 1/2 in. (21.9 × 14 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection. The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Accession Number
59.500.687(40)
Art Historical Context
"Mr. Judas," a wood engraving from 1836, graces the pages of *The Complete Works of Pierre Jean Béranger*, the renowned French poet and songwriter celebrated for his witty, often subversive lyrics critiquing politics and society. Created by a stellar team of illustrators including caricaturist J. J. Grandville—famed for his fantastical anthropomorphic scenes—Théodore Maurisset and engravers Fournier Perrotin, this print captures the satirical spirit of Béranger era. Titled after the biblical betrayer, it likely skewers contemporary figures of duplicity amid France's July Monarchy, a time of po...
About the Artist
Fournier & Perrotin|Théodore Maurisset|J. J. Grandville|Pierre Jean de Béranger (French|French|French|French) · |1780 | |1803 – |1857 | |1847
French|French, Paris 1780–1857 Paris|French|French, Nancy 1803–1847 Vanves