Old Woman with a Needle
Félicien Rops
September 1876
Medium
Heliogravure on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 23.5 × 16.3 cm (9 5/16 × 6 7/16 in.); Plate: 27.8 × 21.2 cm (11 × 8 3/8 in.); Sheet: 45.1 × 34.7 cm (17 13/16 × 13 11/16 in.)
Classification
photogravure
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
4809
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...