Young Breton Woman
Félicien Rops
n.d.
Medium
Etching and drypoint on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 9 × 6.2 cm (3 9/16 × 2 1/2 in.); Plate: 9.7 × 7 cm (3 7/8 × 2 13/16 in.); Sheet: 27.5 × 17.5 cm (10 7/8 × 6 15/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
51490
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...