Flirt
1894
Medium
Soft varnish etching ("vernis mou") and drypoint on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 5.7 × 12.7 cm (2 1/4 × 5 in.); Plate: 5.9 × 13.2 cm (2 3/8 × 5 1/4 in.); Sheet: 23.6 × 18.2 cm (9 5/16 × 7 3/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
49375
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...