The Werewolf
c. 1867
Medium
Etching, with engraving and roulette, on gray wove paper, laid down on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 12.5 × 20.4 cm (4 15/16 × 8 1/16 in.); Plate: 15.9 × 24.1 cm (6 5/16 × 9 1/2 in.); Primary support: 13.3 × 20.3 cm (5 1/4 × 8 in.); Secondary support: 22.9 × 30 cm (9 1/16 × 11 13/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
49343
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...