Sheet with figures, details of hands and feet
Félicien Rops
ca. 1870
Medium
Graphite
Dimensions
sheet: 8-3/4 x 6-7/16
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Dana Broccoli, 1978
Accession Number
1978.655.3
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
FeetHandsHeadsMenProfiles
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...