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Maker(s):Rops, Felicien
Culture:Belgian (1833-1898)
Title:Les Sataniques: Satan semant l'ivraie; The Satanic Ones: Satan Sowing the Tares [Plate I]
Date Made:1878-1879
Type:Print
Materials:Heliogravure? on cream wove paper
Place Made:Europe; France; Paris
Measurements:Mat: 22 in x 16 in; 55.9 cm x 40.6 cm; Sheet: 21 11/16 in x 13 13/16 in; 55.1 cm x 35.1 cm; Plate: 11 in x 8 1/4 in; 27.9 cm x 21 cm; Image: 10 3/16 in x 6 1/2 in; 25.9 cm x 16.5 cm
Narrative Inscription:  Recto: lwr. ctr., below image (red pencil): FR; upr. r. (graphite): E 783; lwr. r. (graphite): Les Sataniques / No. 1 Satan semant l'Invraie. Verso of mat: lwr. r., sideways (graphite): 488.
Accession Number:  MH 1991.4.309
Credit Line:Bequest of Helene Brosseau Black (Class of 1931)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
This print depicts a giant skeletal-like figure, lightly dressed, with wide brimmed hat and clogs striding across a city at night sowing tiny women figures as "seeds".

Subjects:
Photogravures

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