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Félicien Rops
n.d.
Medium
Aquatint and drypoint in black on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 13.2 × 9.6 cm (5 1/4 × 3 13/16 in.); Plate: 13.2 × 9.6 cm (5 1/4 × 3 13/16 in.); Sheet: 41.8 × 32.1 cm (16 1/2 × 12 11/16 in.)
Classification
aquatint
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
49319
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...