Taking Tea
1875
Medium
Etching, soft varnish (vernis mou) and drypoint on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 23.6 × 15 cm (9 5/16 × 5 15/16 in.); Plate: 24.8 × 16 cm (9 13/16 × 6 5/16 in.); Sheet: 44.7 × 31.7 cm (17 5/8 × 12 1/2 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
51511
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...