First Step
1883
Medium
Heliogravure, with drypoint, white heightening and hand-coloring, on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 20.8 × 13.7 cm (8 1/4 × 5 7/16 in.); Plate: 27.2 × 19.8 cm (10 3/4 × 7 13/16 in.); Tint: 33 × 25.2 cm (13 × 9 15/16 in.); Sheet: 36 × 28.1 cm (14 3/16 × 11 1/8 in.)
Classification
photogravure
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
51525
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...