Félicien Rops (Belgian, 1833-1898)
"À un dîner d'athées" ["At a Dinner of Atheists"]
circa 1886
heliogravure retouched with soft-ground etching (vernis mou) on Japan paper
sheet 50 x 32 cm
signed in red pencil lower center: "Felicien Rops"
collection stamp lower right and verso
catalogue raisonne: Exsteens 1066 ?.
Discussion:
a subject taken from the Les diaboliques series (1886), of a similar small format but executed with a different technique
