The Drinker
1867
Medium
Etching on gray chine, laid down on ivory wove paper (chine collé)
Dimensions
Image: 21 × 13.4 cm (8 5/16 × 5 5/16 in.); Plate: 24.1 × 16 cm (9 1/2 × 6 5/16 in.); Primary support: 22.8 × 15.1 cm (9 × 6 in.); Secondary support: 29.7 × 22.1 cm (11 3/4 × 8 3/4 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
49340
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...