Middle-Class
Félicien Rops
n.d.
Medium
Drypoint on ivory China paper
Dimensions
Image: 20.1 × 15.1 cm (7 15/16 × 6 in.); Plate: 20.1 × 15.1 cm (7 15/16 × 6 in.); Sheet: 44.2 × 28.4 cm (17 7/16 × 11 3/16 in.)
Classification
drypoint
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
51502
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...