Cover designs for "Ulenspiegel au Salon"
Félicien Rops
ca. 1870
Medium
graphite, highlighted with pen and black ink
Dimensions
sheet: 8 5/8 x 13 13/16 in. (21.9 x 35.1 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Dana Broccoli, 1978
Accession Number
1978.655.1
Tags
FirearmsMenWomenDogs
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...