1200159 The giant Pantagruel and two of his apostles, from \'The Disciple de Pantagruel\', 1538 (engraving) by French School, (16th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel (French: La vie de Gargantua et de Pantagruel) is a pentalogy of novels written in the 16th century by Fran癟ois Rabelais, which tells of the adventures of two giants, Gargantua and his son Pantagruel.).