Woman with a Scottish Hat
Félicien Rops
1865
Medium
Etching from a steel plate on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 11.5 × 9.9 cm (4 9/16 × 3 15/16 in.); Plate: 13.3 × 12 cm (5 1/4 × 4 3/4 in.); Sheet, folded: 43.7 × 35 cm (17 1/4 × 13 13/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
51519
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...