The Parable of the Sower (Le Semeur de Paraboles)

The Parable of the Sower (Le Semeur de Paraboles) by Félicien Rops

Medium

etching on laid paper

Classification

Print

Department

CG-E

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Rosenwald Collection

Accession Number

1943.3.7411

About the Artist

Félicien Rops · 18331898

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...

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