Drawing
The Surgeon in Red (from MCOtS)
Pepenardo · 2025
Part of the BMAG Permanent Collection
Creator
PepenardoYear
2025
Dimensions
9" × 12"
Materials
Pencil on paper
Location
BMAG Nashville
Collection
In the museum's care
Type
Drawing
Exhibition
MEMETIKRONAbout This Work
Pepe in the role of the 16th-century quack surgeon from Jan van Hemessen's painting, extracting "stones of folly". Rendered in red pencil with period dress — wide-brimmed hat, ruffled collar — the figure cuts into cultural consciousness with a knowing grin. One of one, signed by the artist.
Provenance
Current
In the museum's care
From the artist
Pepenardo
About the Artist
Pepenardo
Pepenardo is a genius of anomalous proportion.
11 works in the BMAG collection
Now on View
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2026-10-11 — 2026-11-29
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