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Maker(s):Rops, Felicien
Culture:Belgian (1833-1898)
Title:La Foire aux Amours; Cupid Market
Date Made:1884
Type:Print
Materials:Softground etching and etching on imitation Japan paper
Place Made:Europe
Measurements:mat: 19 1/4 in x 14 1/4 in; 48.895 cm x 36.195 cm; sheet: 10 3/4 in x 7 1/4 in; 27.305 cm x 18.415 cm; plate: 7 in x 5 1/4 in; 17.78 cm x 13.335 cm; image: 5 1/2 in x 4 in; 13.97 cm x 10.16 cm
Narrative Inscription:  Recto: lwr. l. (printed): L'Artiste; lwr. l. (graphite): E 393 / 3rd State; lwr. ctr., under image (printed): La Foire aux amours; upr. r. (graphite): 9548; lwr. r. (in plate): Felicien Rops; lwr. r. (graphite): Souvenir; lwr. r., under image (printed): Imp. L. Eudes.
Accession Number:  MH 1988.14.241
Credit Line:Gift of Helene B. Black (class of 1931)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
This print depicts a young nude woman wearing a cape and flowered hat, seated on a cage of babies with one crawling out; to her left is a standing older woman with head and shoulders covered by cloth with her right arm raised and holding another baby; turtle with wings (?) in lower left foreground and landscape in background.

Subjects:
Etching

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