The Last Flemish, I
March 1857
Medium
Lithograph in black, with scraping, on gray chine, laid down on ivory wove paper (chine collé)
Dimensions
Image: 27.4 × 19.9 cm (10 13/16 × 7 7/8 in.); Primary support: 27.3 × 20 cm (10 3/4 × 7 7/8 in.); Secondary support: 44.5 × 34 cm (17 9/16 × 13 7/16 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
61012
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...