Le Vice suprème: Frontispiece

1884

Félicien Rops

Associated Names
Félicien Rops

Artist, Belgian, 1833 - 1898

The image shows two skeletal figures in a macabre setting. One figure is stepping out of a coffin, while the other is holding its detached head. Both figures are standing on a platform with animal and human forms underneath. Birds fly above them in a dark atmosphere. The drawing features dark, intricate line work.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Frank Anderson Trapp

  • Dimensions

    plate: 23.5 x 34.2 cm (9 1/4 x 13 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 15.8 x 26.9 cm (6 1/4 x 10 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2003.118.23

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Exsteens 1928, no. 501

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

L. Schück (not in Lugt). HTH (not in Lugt). Frank Anderson Trapp, [1922-2005], Amherst, MA; gift to NGA, 2003.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1928

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

Inscriptions

lower right in image: Félix Rops.; lower center in red chalk: Félicien Rops; lower right in graphite: Le Vice Suprème / Collection L. Schück

Wikidata ID

Q75428362

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