Woman with a Carcel Lamp
1876
Medium
Reproduction of a soft varnish etching ("vernis mou"), with drypoint and roulette, on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 22.7 × 17.1 cm (8 15/16 × 6 3/4 in.); Plate: 28.7 × 20.7 cm (11 5/16 × 8 3/16 in.); Sheet: 41.7 × 31.9 cm (16 7/16 × 12 9/16 in.)
Classification
unidentified
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
41048
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...