About the Artwork

A Biscuit Watched by a Parrot

This Le Petit Coquin biscuit poster brings a small girl and a brightly colored parrot together against a gray-blue ground. The girl raises a biscuit toward her mouth, wearing a red dress with a broad white collar. Above her, the turquoise bird bends from its perch toward the tempting snack.

Artwork and design

A long red ribbon curls outward from the dress, adding movement beside the still, rounded shape of the skirt. The narrow perch carries the bird upward, balancing the black product name on the opposite side. Small pale shoes and the low biscuit packet bring the scene back toward the bottom edge.

About this design

Leonetto Cappiello created Le Petit Coquin in 1901 for biscuits made by Les Desserts Coquin near Troyes. The interaction between child, biscuit and watchful parrot supplies a small narrative within the advertisement. The product becomes part of a moment of amusement rather than an isolated package or formal dining scene.

Rooms and interiors

Choose it for a kitchen, a breakfast nook or a family dining area with red and pale blue details. It can accompany other food illustrations without requiring a busy surrounding arrangement. Keep the bird’s perch and the small packet visible, as both help explain the relationship between the child and the advertisement.

Available Print and Display Options

  • Framed Canvas
  • Stretched Canvas
  • Framed Prints
  • Rolled Poster Prints
  • Metal Wall Art
  • Peel & Stick Wall Art

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Stretched Canvas Prints

Material

– Genuine artist quality canvas

– Poly cotton blend

– Chemistry perfect protective finish

– Scratch, crack, & warp resistant

Print

– State of the art printing technology for sharp photographic reproduction and color fidelity

– UL certified GREENGUARD GOLD ink

– Water resistant

– Fade resistant

– Anti-yellowing

Finished Edges

–  Gallery wrapped edges for a professional finish

– Available in solid color wrap, mirror wrap or full image wrap finish

Stretcher Bar

– 1.25” Thick

– FSC Certified from sustainable forests

– Knot free

– Finger jointed for strength

– Sap free

– Kiln dried

– Warp free – will not bow

– Shallow wall offset

Mounting

– Ready to hang – pre-installed sawtooth hanging hardware

– Rubber bumpers – protects wall surface and keeps print straight on the wall

Le Petit Coquin – Cappiello Girl, Biscuit and Parrot Poster

A red-haired girl in a red dress enjoys a biscuit beside a turquoise parrot. Long ribbons, a simple gray-blue background and compact black lettering give Cappiello’s Le Petit Coquin advertisement a playful domestic character.

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