Départ pour le sabbat (Departure for the Sabbath)
1895
Medium
etching and aquatint in green on heavy japan paper
Dimensions
plate: 12.1 x 6.2 cm (4 3/4 x 2 7/16 in.) sheet: 38 x 28.1 cm (14 15/16 x 11 1/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection, gift in memory of Virginia H. Jackson
Accession Number
1996.151.69
Rights
Public Domain
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...