L'Epreuve
Félicien Rops
1895
Medium
soft-ground etching
Dimensions
63; 361; 282; 60
About this artwork
verzamelaarsmerk, verso midden onder, gestempeld: Lugt 2760
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...