Poetry IV
December 1856
Medium
Lithograph in black, with scraping (with letterpress on verso), on ivory wove paper, laid down on white wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 27 × 18.9 cm (10 11/16 × 7 1/2 in.); Primary support: 37.6 × 28.2 cm (14 13/16 × 11 1/8 in.); Secondary support: 37.8 × 28.4 cm (14 15/16 × 11 3/16 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
61021
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...