Standing man with beer mugs
Medium
black chalk
Dimensions
11-1/4 x 8-1/4 in. (28.6 x 21.0 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Dana Broccoli, 1981
Accession Number
1981.1228.8
Tags
Art Historical Context
Félicien Rops, a pioneering Belgian artist of the 19th century1833–1898), captures everyday revelry in his drawing *Standing Man with Beer Mugs*. Created in black chalk—a medium favored for its soft, expressive tonal range—this intimate sheet measures just 11-1/4 x 8-1/4 inches, allowing Rops to sketch with fluid, spontaneous energy. Likely a study or standalone vignette from his prolific output of drawings, it exemplifies his skill in rendering human figures with a mix of realism and wry observation. Rops, associated with Symbolism and the fin-de-siècle avant-garde, often infused his works w...
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...