Frontispiece for Rimes de Joie
1881
Medium
Heliogravure, with soft varnish (vernis mou) on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 14.4 × 9.3 cm (5 11/16 × 3 11/16 in.); Plate: 14.4 × 9.3 cm (5 11/16 × 3 11/16 in.); Sheet: 32.3 × 23.7 cm (12 3/4 × 9 3/8 in.)
Classification
photogravure
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
49346
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...