Hodgepodge
late 19th century
Medium
Soft varnish etching (vernis mou), with aquatint and drypoint, in gray and black on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 14.9 × 10.4 cm (5 7/8 × 4 1/8 in.); Plate: 15 × 10.6 cm (5 15/16 × 4 3/16 in.); Sheet: 34.9 × 27.5 cm (13 3/4 × 10 7/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
49394
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...