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Félicien Rops

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Etching of a nude woman with raised arms holding grape leaves, surrounded by winged putti and trailing vine tendrils.

The Grapeleaf

1895

Etching of a nude woman on a draped pedestal with hovering cherubs above, a dog and flowers at the base, and a Latin inscript

Offering

1895

Monochrome print of a woman in a dark lace-trimmed dress standing beside a sign reading BAL, in a dim room.

The Absinthe Drinker

n.d.

Lithograph of two men in dark judicial robes standing before a court building, one gesturing, one holding a paper.

Crinolinographies (Costume de la magistrature proposé pour 1857)

1856

Reddish-brown etching of a winged female figure embracing a reclining figure beside a bed with draped sheets.

Frontispiece to Les baisers morts

1893

Etching of a man in ragged clothing scattering seed across a barren rocky field, with birds flying overhead and bare trees at

The Parable of the Sower (Le Semeur de Paraboles)

1876

Etching of a standing woman in traditional Swedish dress with a dark headpiece, striped skirt and clasped hands.

Woman from the Swedish province Dalarnas län

1875

Etching of a forest path with tall trunks, a small wood gatherer, and an open view of distant hills.

Forest landscape with wood gatherer

1875

Etching of a man and child with a wheelbarrow on a grassy slope, with a thistle wreath and lettering below.

Man and child with wheelbarrow

1875

Etching of a figure in a rowboat on a lake beside trees, with the title La Barque lettered on a board below.

Figure lies in a rowboat on a lake

1875

Two small etchings on one sheet: a man with an umbrella seen from behind by a river, and a woman in a cap seen from behind.

Man on clogs with umbrella and woman seen from behind

1875

Etching of a hooded old man with a cane and a boy holding a hare in a dim interior, on a large cream sheet.

Boy comes in with caught hare

1875

Etching of an elderly woman in a patterned hat seated beside a spinning wheel in a dark interior, rendered in dense hatching.

Ma Tante Johanna (My aunt Johanna)

1874

Print of a despairing seated man at a café table with a wine bottle, a shadowy figure beside him, and posters on the wall.

Le Dernier des Classiques

1857

Print of a seated man in a dark robe in an armchair, with a servant bearing a tray and a book on the floor.

Le Dernier des Romantiques

1857

Etching by Félicien Rops showing a cloaked man seated in an interior beside a servant, with sketches of heads and a skull aro

Le Dernier des Romantiques

1891

Etching of a skeletal-faced woman in a long black gown with a skull on the floor, beside a wall inscribed with text.

Le Dessous de cartes d'une partie de Whist

1882

Etching of a chef in a toque releasing a cloud with a doctor figure and bottles, with Latin ribbons below.

Le Docteur

1879

Etching of a seated woman in a dark hat beside a folded fan, closed umbrella, and laurel wreath with birds above.

Le Doigt dans l'oeil

1882

Etching of a stooped, thin old man in a cloak carrying a bundle, with a dark hatched shadow beside him on the ground.

Le Droit au repos

Etching of a man in a jacket walking while carrying a large phallic shape on his shoulder, beside a hatched tree.

Le Droit au travail

Etching by Félicien Rops with dark oval forms, faint hands and pale shapes on a light ground.

Le Découverte de l'Amérique

Etching of allegorical figures around a pillar marked Sedan and Metz, with a rooster, money bags, and a birdcage below.

Le Fer rouge

Orange etching of crowded cherubs, hearts, doves and a chariot around a title banner reading A. Delvau, Le grand et le petit

Le Grand et le petit trottoir

1866

Etching of a seated woman by a balustrade with a ship at sea, an allegorical figure above, and a dated blank panel.

Le Grand-livre

Etching with two sketches: a hand holding a lobster labeled Academie, and a seated woman in a hat beside a lamp.

Le Homard a la Coppée

Etching of a jockey in a cap and boots standing before a MENU sign, holding leafy branches.

Le Jockey

Two small etchings on one sheet: a standing woman in a hat above a reclining nude beside a monogram.

Le Modèle

1880

Etching of a woman seen from behind, hair in a bun with a ribbon, wearing a floral shawl against a dark hatched background.

Le Modèle

1875

Etching of a nude seated figure on a stone block beside a small bird, with leafy branches and faint lettering behind.

Le Moineau de Lesbie

Red ink drawing of a crowned satyr-like figure surrounded by cherubs, ladders and flying putti, with title lettering at upper

Le Nouveau Parnasse satyrique

Etched title page with ornate cartouche, satyrs, and figures reading an open book, for Le Parnasse satyrique.

Le Parnasse satyrique

Etching with an eye in a triangle, a mermaid, a skull, a palette with brushes and handwritten French captions.

Le Peinture érotique

Etching of two nude figures entwined diagonally on a hatched background, page 123 marked in lower left.

Le Pendu

Etching of a wolf hanging from a rope among wooden beams, with crows and a bell-like shape above and pale moons behind.

Le Pendu, ou La mère Gand et le fils Charles

1900

Etching of sketched vignettes: a cow's head, a child with a bowl, a cherub among branches, and portrait studies.

Le Pot au lait

Etching of a pale nude figure reclining diagonally beside a draped curtain, with a shadowy figure and hands emerging from the

Le Rideau Cramoisi

1882

Etching of a woman in a feathered hat standing in a lit doorway, with a figure under an umbrella on a wet night street.

Le Rydeack

1875

Etching of a ragged sower flinging seeds across a rocky field, with birds overhead and bare trees on the left.

Le Semeur de paraboles

Etching of a bearded man in period costume with feathered hat and sword, standing before an ornate patterned wall.

Le Sire de Lumey

Etching of a sphinx with a woman draped across its back, a carved pedestal below and curved wings rising behind.

Le Sphinx

1882

Etching of a bearded nude man standing with his hand on his hip beside a sketched tree or pillar.

Le Terme

1876

Pen drawing of a crowded theatre playbill with banners, costumed performers, a nude figure and an Entrée sign.

Le Théâtre Gaillard

Etching of a woman in a dark doorway lifting her cape, flanked by two torches and heraldic shields on stone walls.

Le Vengeance d'une femme

1882

Etching of two skeletons, a man in a tailcoat and a woman in a gown rising from a coffin, with crows above a tomb.

Le Vice suprême

1884

Etching of an older man in a wide hat painting at an easel beside a calm river with trees and reeds.

Le Vieux Paysagiste

1880

Etching of a nude woman on a mound, arm raised, skirt gathered, with a hatted figure behind her.

Le Vol et la prostitution dominant le monde

Etching of a woman in a feathered hat riding a high-wheel velocipede with a scarf streaming behind her.

Le Vélocipède

Etching of a cloaked figure on windswept dunes beside a nude body lying on sand under a stormy sky.

Le Werwolf

1867

Etching of a boat above four sketched figures: a man in a top hat, a man in a bowler hat, and two women in bonnets.

Les Bateaux

Etched line drawing of a figure in a pointed cap and draped cloth standing beside a tall oval mirror.

Les Bons contes du Sire de la Glotte

Etching in a grid of eighteen vignettes showing women in dresses, dancing couples, men in top hats, and portrait heads.

Les Cythères Parisiennes

Lithograph of men in dark coats and top hats talking around a table in a dim interior, with a glass on the table.

Les Derniers Flamands

1857

Etched ornamental print with a nude woman, cherubs, religious banners, and a man peeking through a door.

Les Exercices de dévotion de M. Henri Roch

Etching of three figures gathered around an open book on a lectern in a dark interior, with French caption below.

Les Frères de la bonne trogne - La Consultation

Etched print of a wreathed bust above dancing figures in top hats, framed by satyr masks, lyres and cherubs.

Les Gaietés de Béranger

Etching of a crowded bohemian gathering under a gothic arch, with skeletons, grotesque figures and a guitar player.

Les Jeunes France

Etching of washerwomen with basins at a riverbank beneath trees, with small face studies along the bottom margin.

Les Laveuses ou Les Lavandières Souvenirs de Barbizon

1889

Etched title page of Les Légendes flamandes showing men pulling ropes that raise a banner with names and a lion emblem.

Les Légendes flamandes

Etching of two winged cherubs, one playing a flute and one reading, flanking a cross of pipes, a cornucopia, and a RIDENDO ba

Les Mirlitons

Dark monochrome print of a misty shoreline with grotesque serpentine creatures in the foreground and tall reeds at right.

Les Monstres ou la Genèse

Etching of pansies, sweet pea blossoms, and two putti in a cartouche-shaped frame with a butterfly at left.

Les Pensées

Engraved allegorical title page with a winged figure, globe, stag head and draped women under a banner reading Les Métamorpho

Les Quatre métamorphoses

Etching of a seated woman resting her chin on her hands, with a reclining figure and a candle below and sketches at the margi

Li sotte Marie-Josèphe

1891

Lithograph portrait of a dark-haired bearded man in a white collar and bow tie, resting beside an open book.

Louis-Joseph-Boniface Defré

1858

Monochrome print of a reclining nude woman with a white drape over her hips against a dark, sweeping background.

Messalina

1889

Etching of elegant women and a seated man in an oval frame, with an allegorical woman and lion above and a reclining figure b

Les amusements des dames de Bruxelles

1881

Etching of two women in an interior, one seated half-undressed in a chair, the other in a hat leaning toward her.

Twee halfnaakte vrouwen

1852

Etched trade card of cherubs around a printing press with a handwritten supplies invoice below, by Félicien Rops.

Adreskaart van drukkerij Nys & Mommen

1878

Print of a standing nude woman with a feathered headdress beside a pedestal and brazier, before a wall of carved masks.

Staande naakte vrouw voor een muur met maskers

1889

Small etching of cherubs around a printing press above a handwritten invoice with itemized costs and a signature.

Handgeschreven factuur van drukkerij Nys in Brussel

1878

Etched invitation with butterflies, a chrysalis and caterpillar above French text for La Chrysalide exhibition, Brussels 1876

Uitnodiging voor de tentoonstelling van kunstenaarskring La Chrysalide

1876

Small etched portrait of a woman in a wide-brimmed hat, centered on a large cream paper sheet.

Portret van een onbekende vrouw

1895

Etching of two women kissing, surrounded by an ornate border of foliage, winged figures, and objects, by Félicien Rops, 1868.

Twee vrouwen kussen elkaar

1868

Etched print of a woman in a basket talking with a man in a tricorn hat, within a rococo frame with putti and garlands.

Gesprek tussen een man en een vrouw

1868

Etched architectural facade with a pediment and pilasters, decorated with mythological figures and inscriptions, by Félicien

Poppenkast gedecoreerd met erotisch mythologische scènes

1864

Etched bookplate with title cartouche, a man on a burning pyre with putti, and figures reading an open book.

Man op een brandstapel waarop vier putti urineren

1864

Etching of a young woman in men's clothing seated with a cigarette, looking at the viewer, with a carved block below.

Jonge vrouw in mannenkleding met een sigaret

1879

Etched frontispiece with a skeleton in a jester cap, a nude woman labeled Vérité, and framed street scenes, Paris, 1864.

Frontispiece: The Dregs of Society (Las bas-fonds de la societe)

1864

Etching of a rooster on a signpost above two muscular figures holding torches and money bags, with a caged bird and skulls be

The Red Iron (Le Fer Rouge)

1871

Etching of a lion labeled Belgicus Leo beneath a frontier sign, with a cherub and scattered papers, and faint faces above.

Belgian Border, Bill of Disorder (Frontiere de Belgique. Billet a Desordre)

1871

Etching of a gothic night scene with demons, a crescent moon, an open book titled Gaspard de la Nuit, and a scroll.

Gaspard de la Nuit

1868

Etching of a seated woman in a headscarf peeling potatoes beside a wooden bucket and a basket of potatoes.

The Little Potato Peeler (La petite peleuse de pommes de terre)

Etching of two men in headwraps carrying a bundle of long branches on their shoulders against a pale background.

The Train of Maris (Le train de Maris)

Small etching of a reclining nude woman with her head resting on one arm, centered on a large cream sheet.

Liggend naakt

1893

Etching of a reclining nude on a bed beside a standing man in period dress, with cherubs floating above.

Lupanie

Etching of a man in a long coat holding a hat, standing beside a bed in a patterned interior with scattered clothing.

Ma Golonelle!

Etched sheet by Félicien Rops with central vignette and surrounding satirical sketches of bottles, cherubs, and a man in a co

Ma Goutte

1876

Etching of an elderly woman in a tall hat seated in a dark interior with dense cross-hatched shading.

Ma Tante Johanna

1874

Madame Grégoire

1880

Etching of a seated young man in a suit gesturing, above a dark panel showing a winged beast with a small rider.

Mam'zelle Gavroche et la Poésie érotique

Etching of a woman in a barrel and a man in a tricorn hat inside an ornate Rococo frame with cherubs and flowers.

Margot la Ravaudense

Lithograph of a seated woman in a dark dress, white collar and heart-shaped hat, by Félicien Rops, 1856.

Maria Ristori

1856

Charcoal drawing of a nude woman in a jester cap holding a mask among many faces, with a carved crest below.

Masques Parisiens

1889

Etching of a woman in a feathered hat holding a tray with a caricatured head, a ribbon reading ACADEMIE trailing behind her.

Maturité

1887

Etching of a cauldron with a winged nude figure, flying imps, a crouching demon and a stack of books labelled Les Sonnets du

Menu Duluc

1884