
Artwork overview
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Medium
drypoint with etching and aquatint on light blue laid paper
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Credit Line
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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
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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