Invitation to a concert
Félicien Rops
n.d.
Medium
Pen and black ink on cream paper, tipped onto blue-green wove paper
Dimensions
Primary support: 9.7 × 9.1 cm (3 7/8 × 3 5/8 in.); Secondary support: 22.2 × 21.9 cm (8 3/4 × 8 5/8 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
15359
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...