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Maker(s):Rops, Felicien
Culture:Belgian (1833-1898)
Title:Le Vice Supreme (Finis Latinorum) [Supreme Vice (Finis Latinorum)] [small plate]
Date Made:1884
Type:Print
Materials:Etching and aquatint on buff laid paper
Place Made:Europe
Measurements:mat: 19 1/4 in x 14 1/4 in; 48.895 cm x 36.195 cm; sheet: 10 1/2 in x 7 1/2 in; 26.67 cm x 19.05 cm; plate: 6 in x 4 in; 15.24 cm x 10.16 cm; image: 4 3/4 in x 3 1/4 in; 12.065 cm x 8.255 cm
Narrative Inscription:  Recto: upr. l. (graphite): 89; lwr. l. (printed): L'Artiste; lwr. ctr. (printed): Finis Latinorum / Frontispiece pour "Le Vice Supreme"; lwr. r. (in plate): Fely Rops; lwr. r. (printed): Imp. R. Taneur.
Accession Number:  MH 1988.14.254
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 standing headless skeleton man dressed in tux and holding his head under his arm; he is opening the door of a casket from which a skeleton woman holding a fan is emerging; both are standing on a base.

Subjects:
Aquatint; Etching

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