O Nature!
Félicien Rops
January 1880
Medium
Etching and drypoint on tan laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 20 × 13.5 cm (7 7/8 × 5 3/8 in.); Plate: 20 × 13.5 cm (7 7/8 × 5 3/8 in.); Sheet, folded: 43.5 × 34.3 cm (17 3/16 × 13 9/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
51500
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...