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Maker(s):Rops, Felicien
Culture:Belgian (1833-1898)
Title:Catechism des gens maries; Catechisms of the Married
Date Made:1881
Type:Print
Materials:Etching on ivory wove paper
Place Made:Europe
Measurements:mat: 18 in x 14 in; 45.72 cm x 35.56 cm; sheet: 12 1/8 in x 8 7/16 in; 30.7975 cm x 21.43125 cm; plate: 7 in x 4 3/8 in; 17.78 cm x 11.1125 cm; image: 4 1/2 in x 3 3/8 in; 11.43 cm x 8.5725 cm
Narrative Inscription:  Recto: upr. ctr. (in plate): LE CATECHISM DES GENS MARIE; upr. ctr., on hat (in plate): PERPETUITE; lwr. ctr., under platemark (graphite): Felicien Rops; lwr. r. (graphite): E 494. Recto of mat: lwr. r. (graphite): E 494. Verso of mat: lwr. ctr. (red pencil): Le Catechism des Gens Marie 1st State.
Accession Number:  MH 1991.4.376
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 an animal skull with 16 antlers, all with hats; a couple are kissing behind the head at bottom and another couple are tied to a pillar rising behind the skull, the man with horns, the woman half nude; large hat in octagonal shape over their two heads.

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