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Prostitution and Madness are Ruling the World

  • photoaquatints (prints), soft-ground etchings (process), coloured pencil, paper
  • 284 x 204 mm
  • Inv. 2011-DY

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The print concludes Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly's novella Les Diaboliques as 'post-spiece'.

Artist

Félicien Rops RKD VIAF Wikidata
Namur 1833 - Corbeil-Essonnes 1898
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Title Prostitution and Madness are Ruling the World
Period 19th century
Medium and support photoaquatints (prints) AAT
soft-ground etchings (process) AAT
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings signatures (names) outside the depiction, centre below: F. Rops
Collection print room
Object type photoaquatints (prints) AAT
soft-ground etchings (process) AAT
Inventory number 2011-DY
Acquisition credit gift
The Friends of the Museum
2012
Current whereabouts Work currently not on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2011-DY
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6121/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300189808 figures (representations) AAT
300055865 symbolism (artistic concept) AAT
Keywords Iconclass 24D stars Iconclass
25A13 globe Iconclass
31A464 emotional illness, derangement, madness Iconclass
31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass
31AA the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) - AA - female human figure Iconclass
31D120 Youth, Adolescence, 'Iuventus'; 'Adolescenza', 'Gioventu' (Ripa) Iconclass
31D13 adolescent, young woman, maiden Iconclass
33C5 prostitution Iconclass
33C52 whore, prostitute Iconclass
44B152411 fool's cap Iconclass
School / Style realism (artistic form of expression) AAT
Symbolism (artistic concept) AAT
L' oeuvre gravé et lithographié de Félicien Rops : Tome premier: Catalogue de l'oeuvre lithographié ; Tome second: Catalogue de l'oeuvre gravé. Première Partie: Études et compositions ; Tome Troisième: Catalogue de l'oeuvre gravé. Deuxième Partie: Frontispices et illustrations. Troisième Partie: Menus, lettrines, marques et invitations. Quatrième Partie: Planches d'essais ; Tome quatrième: Catalogue de l'oeuvre gravé. Cinquième Partie: Planches libres. Catalogues des Reproductions: Table Alphabétique des Planches Décrites / Maurice Exsteens. - Paris : Éditions Pellet, 1928 (vol. II, nr. 433)
Félicien Rops : Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre gravé et lithographié ; Tome I. Les lithographies ; Tome II - III: Les eaux-fortes / Eugène Rouir. - Bruxelles : Claude Van Loock, 1987-1992 (vol. III, p. 651, nr. 935)
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