Frontispiece for Point de lendemain
Félicien Rops
1867
Medium
Etching on gray China paper
Dimensions
Image: 9.4 × 5.9 cm (3 3/4 × 2 3/8 in.); Sheet: 23.1 × 16.6 cm (9 1/8 × 6 9/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
49406
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...