Le cabinet satyrique
Félicien Rops
1864
Medium
Etching on gray chine
Dimensions
Image: 12.8 × 9 cm (5 1/16 × 3 9/16 in.); Sheet: 22.3 × 15.6 cm (8 13/16 × 6 3/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
51494
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...