Toil, II
Félicien Rops
n.d.
Medium
Etching and drypoint on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 14.1 × 21.7 cm (5 9/16 × 8 9/16 in.); Plate: 14.1 × 21.8 cm (5 9/16 × 8 5/8 in.); Sheet: 29.4 × 44.6 cm (11 5/8 × 17 9/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
51487
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...