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Maker(s):Rops, Felicien
Culture:Belgian (1833-1898)
Title:Initiation sentimentale: Diaboli virtus in Lombis! (St. Augustin); Sentimental Initiation
Date Made:1887
Type:Print
Materials:Softground etching on cream laid paper
Place Made:Europe; France; Paris
Measurements:sheet: 7 1/4 in x 5 1/2 in; 18.415 cm x 13.97 cm; image: 6 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 16.51 cm x 8.89 cm
Narrative Inscription:  Recto: upr. l. (in plate): Fely Rops; lwr. ctr. (in plate): in Lombis!... / (St. Augustin.); lwr. r. (in plate): Diaboli Virtus; lwr. r. (graphite): one pound cocoa; upr. r. (graphite): 220. Recto of support: lwr. l. (graphite): Rops; ctr. l. (graphite): E 516; ctr. r. (graphite): Rops / Initiation sentimentale / [...?] fut originale.
Accession Number:  MH 1991.4.381
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 butterfly with public bone body at bottom of image with female nude coming out of public bone; she turns into skeleton at waist, has wings and is holding a man's head up in her right hand; tree in background; "Diaboli Virtus in Lombi (St. Augustin.)" at bottom of image.

Subjects:
Etching

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