Standing Woman with a Fur
Félicien Rops
1879
Medium
Heliogravure, with drypoint, on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 13.3 × 8.7 cm (5 1/4 × 3 7/16 in.); Plate: 14.1 × 8.9 cm (5 9/16 × 3 9/16 in.); Sheet: 37.1 × 27.6 cm (14 5/8 × 10 7/8 in.)
Classification
photogravure
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
51492
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...