Between Acts or the Englishwoman of the New Ballet
Félicien Rops
n.d.
Medium
Heliogravure in black on Japanese paper vellum
Dimensions
Image: 16.4 × 10 cm (6 1/2 × 3 15/16 in.); Plate: 19 × 14 cm (7 1/2 × 5 9/16 in.); Sheet: 29.1 × 19 cm (11 1/2 × 7 1/2 in.)
Classification
photogravure
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
49381
About the Artist
Félicien Rops · 1833–1898
Félicien Rops, born Félicien Victor Joseph Rops on July 7, 1833, in Namur, Belgium, to a prosperous textile manufacturing family, displayed prodigious artistic talent from youth. The only child of Nicholas Rops and Sophie Maubile, he received private tutoring until age ten, followed by education at a Jesuit school in Namur (1843–1848), the Athénée Royal de Namur, and the Academy of Fine Arts there...