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Maker(s):Rops, Felicien
Culture:Belgian (1833-1898)
Title:Les Diaboliques: A un diner d'athees; The Devilish Ones: At an Atheists' Dinner
Date Made:n.r.
Type:Print
Materials:Etching over heliogravure with steelfacing in blue/black ink on ivory wove paper
Place Made:Europe
Measurements:sheet: 7 1/2 in x 5 3/4 in; 19.05 cm x 14.605 cm; plate: 4 7/8 in x 3 1/2 in; 12.3825 cm x 8.89 cm; image: 3 7/16 in x 2 3/8 in; 8.73125 cm x 6.0325 cm
Narrative Inscription:  Unsigned. Recto: upr. ctr. (in plate): A UN DINER D'ATHEES.
Accession Number:  MH 1991.4.439.6
Credit Line:Bequest of Helene Brosseau Black (Class of 1931)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
One of 10 objects in Portfolio: Felicien Rops . . . Les Diaboliques. This print depicts a seemingly dead semi-nude young woman with her clothing pulled up lying on a table in a dark room, her head hanging over the edge of the table; there is a lit candle on the right, another body on the floor with only the legs seen and the door of the room off its hinges.

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