Sodom's Modesty
Félicien Rops
1888
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 17 3/16 x 10 1/16 in. (43.7 x 25.5 cm) sheet: 18 5/16 x 12 11/16 in. (46.5 x 32.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949
Accession Number
49.55.285
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
SculptureWomen
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...