Frontispiece to Les baisers morts
1893
Medium
Soft varnish etching ("vernis mou"), drypoint and roulette on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 9.4 × 6.6 cm (3 3/4 × 2 5/8 in.); Plate: 10.8 × 7.2 cm (4 5/16 × 2 7/8 in.); Sheet: 18.6 × 14.1 cm (7 3/8 × 5 9/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
49370
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...