The Absinthe Drinker
Félicien Rops
n.d.
Medium
Heliogravure on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 33.5 × 22.5 cm (13 1/4 × 8 7/8 in.); Plate: 38.5 × 25.6 cm (15 3/16 × 10 1/8 in.); Sheet: 45.2 × 31.1 cm (17 13/16 × 12 1/4 in.)
Classification
photogravure
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
110722
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...