Vieille gouge
Félicien Rops
1889
Medium
Aquatint and drypoint on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 9.4 × 6.8 cm (3 3/4 × 2 11/16 in.); Plate: 12 × 7.8 cm (4 3/4 × 3 1/8 in.); Sheet: 40.7 × 31.1 cm (16 1/16 × 12 1/4 in.)
Classification
aquatint
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
51518
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...