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Creation Date
1-6-1917
Description
Depicting the annual French tradition La Galette des Rois or "King's Cake" celebrating the Christian narrative of the arrival of the three kings (Magi) to greet the baby Jesus. The pastry is baked with a small figurine, or féve, inside on Epiphany day, January 6th. As a family tradition, the galette is served with a paper crown, the youngest child decides who gets each slice and one slice is symbolically reserved for the poor. Whomever discovers the féve gets to wear the paper crown. Historically, the tradition is rooted in the Roman celebration of the Winter Solstice, Saturnalia, where a king or queen is chosen for the day by means of finding a bean baked in a cake. Each year an enormous galette is baked for the President of the French Republic.
Materials/Techniques
color prints (prints); illustration (process)
Work Type
illustrations (layout features); covers (overlying objects)
Measurements
13.5" x 10.25"
Subjects
erotica; serials (publications); women; cake (food)
Culture
French
Creation Site
Paris, Ville de Paris, Département de, Île-de-France, France
Keywords
erotica; serials (publications); women; cake (food)