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The Red Iron (Le Fer Rouge)

1871

Félicien Rops

Associated Names

Félicien Rops

Artist, Belgian, 1833 - 1898

This is a drawing depicting a central pole with a signpost labeled "SEDAN METZ" and a rooster on top. Two figures in period attire are holding banners and blowing trumpets while seated back-to-back. Below them is a caged bird among skulls. In the background, there are ornate lines of text.

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Artwork overview

Medium

etching
Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number

1946.11.187
Catalogue Raisonné

Exsteens 1928, no. 475, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1928

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

Wikidata ID

Q65072164

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