July
Félicien Rops
n.d.
Medium
Etching and drypoint on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 15.6 × 24.4 cm (6 3/16 × 9 5/8 in.); Plate: 16.6 × 25.5 cm (6 9/16 × 10 1/16 in.); Sheet, folded: 33.7 × 45.3 cm (13 5/16 × 17 7/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
49317
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...