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Félicien Rops
1878
Medium
Etching and drypoint on tan wove paper
Dimensions
Image/plate: 8.7 × 11.9 cm (3 7/16 × 4 11/16 in.); Sheet: 32.7 × 25.4 cm (12 7/8 × 10 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
49337
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...