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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 (with roulette) on ivory wove paper
Place Made:Europe; France; Paris
Measurements:Sheet: 16 1/16 in x 12 1/4 in; 40.8 cm x 31.1 cm; Plate: 10 15/16 in x 7 7/8 in; 27.8 cm x 20 cm; Image: 9 3/16 in x 6 3/8 in; 23.3 cm x 16.2 cm
Narrative Inscription:  Unsigned. Verso: lwr. r. (graphite): E. 1080 (hel.).
Accession Number:  MH 1991.4.346
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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