La Dernière Maja

1880

Félicien Rops

Artist, Belgian, 1833 - 1898

Félicien Rops

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint with etching and aquatint on light blue laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 29.6 x 23.8 cm (11 5/8 x 9 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 45 x 32.1 cm (17 11/16 x 12 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2006.57.30

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rouir 1987 - 1992, no. 950

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Paul Prouté, S.A., Paris); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased November 6, 1968; gift to NGA, 2006.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1928

  • Exsteens, Maurice. L'Oeuvre grave et lithographie de Felicien Rops. 4 vols. and appendix. Paris: Editions Pellet, 1928.

1987

  • Rouir, Eugène. Félicien Rops, catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre gravé et lithographié. 3 vols. Brussels, 1987 - 1992.

Inscriptions

lower center in graphite: Felicien Rops; lower right in graphite: La Dernière Maja; in plate: Fuyez le / Sourise / Des / Srenis; lower right in plate: DEA / DESINIT / IN / PISCEM!; by later hand, lower center in graphite: 127-0 (crossed out) 4228D

Watermarks

fragment of eagle

Wikidata ID

Q76339320

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