The Crimson Curtain
n.d.
Medium
Heliogravure, with aquatint and soft varnish ("vernis mou") on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 23.7 × 16.5 cm (9 3/8 × 6 1/2 in.); Plate: 28.3 × 20.8 cm (11 3/16 × 8 1/4 in.); Sheet: 45.3 × 34.4 cm (17 7/8 × 13 9/16 in.)
Classification
photogravure
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
49352
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...