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Maker(s):Rops, Felicien
Culture:Belgian (1833-1898)
Title:Les Diaboliques: Le bonheur dans le crime; The Devilish Ones: Happiness in Crime
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 11/16 in; 19.05 cm x 14.44625 cm; plate: 5 7/8 in x 3 1/2 in; 14.9225 cm x 8.89 cm; image: 3 5/16 in x 2 5/16 in; 8.41375 cm x 5.87375 cm
Narrative Inscription:  Unsigned. Recto: upr. l. & r. (in plate): LE / BONHEUR DANS LE / CRIME.
Accession Number:  MH 1991.4.439.7
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 man and woman kissing atop a pedestal with a large head, snakes twining around them; skeletal figure at bottom clutching at pedestal with fingernails.

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