The Model
Félicien Rops
1874
Medium
Etching and aquatint on cream Japanese paper
Dimensions
Image: 10.5 × 7.3 cm (4 3/16 × 2 7/8 in.); Plate: 13.5 × 8.5 cm (5 3/8 × 3 3/8 in.); Sheet: 27.1 × 19.4 cm (10 11/16 × 7 11/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
51497
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...