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Maker(s):Rops, Felicien
Culture:Belgian (1833-1898)
Title:Le Vice Supreme; Supreme Vice [small plate]
Date Made:1884
Type:Print
Materials:Etching and aquatint on ivory wove paper
Place Made:Europe; France; Paris
Measurements:mat: 18 in x 14 in; 45.72 cm x 35.56 cm; sheet: 16 1/8 in x 10 1/8 in; 40.9575 cm x 25.7175 cm; plate: 5 1/2 in x 4 in; 13.97 cm x 10.16 cm; image: 4 5/8 in x 3 1/8 in; 11.7475 cm x 7.9375 cm
Narrative Inscription:  Recto: lwr. l. (graphite): S720; lwr. ctr., on base (in plate): ROMA; lwr. r. (in plate): Fely Rops; lwr. r. (graphite): R. 428 Le Vice Supreme; lwr. r., under image (printed): Imp. A. Delatre, Montmarte. Verso: lwr. r. (graphite): E. No. 501...2nd copy.
Accession Number:  MH 1991.4.377
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 headless skeleton to the left dressed in tux, his monocled head under his right arm, holding open casket door for skeleton woman stepping out, her breasts exposed, wearing a long black gown and holding a fan; black birds flying around, both figures standing on a base with the she-wolf and skeletal Romulus and Remus pictured on it.

Subjects:
Etching; Aquatint

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