Flemish Market-Gardener
Félicien Rops
n.d.
Medium
Drypoint on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image/plate: 4.5 × 4.3 cm (1 13/16 × 1 3/4 in.); Sheet: 31.5 × 22.5 cm (12 7/16 × 8 7/8 in.)
Classification
drypoint
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
51513
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...