The Muse of Félicien Rops
Félicien Rops
1895
Medium
Heliogravure on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 17.7 × 13.5 cm (7 × 5 3/8 in.); Plate: 23.5 × 15.4 cm (9 5/16 × 6 1/8 in.); Sheet: 29.4 × 20.1 cm (11 5/8 × 7 15/16 in.)
Classification
photogravure
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
49379
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...