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Maker(s):Rops, Felicien
Culture:Belgian (1833-1898)
Title:La Vie Elegante (Tome Second) [The Elegant Life (Volume II)]
Date Made:1883
Type:Print
Materials:Etching on folded ivory wove paper
Place Made:Europe
Measurements:sheet: 11 3/4 in x 16 1/8 in; 29.845 cm x 40.9575 cm; image: 9 1/4 in x 6 1/2 in; 23.495 cm x 16.51 cm
Narrative Inscription:  Recto: lwr. ctr., below books (in plate): PRIMAIRE; btm. ctr., under image (printed): A LA LIBRAIRIE ILLUSTREE, 7, Rue du Croissant; ctr. l., on shield (in plate): LA VIE ELEGANTE; ctr. l., on ribbon (in plate): CAPRICE; ctr. l., on top hat (in plate): SPORT; ctr. r., on fan (in plate): MODE; ctr. r, on sleeve (in plate): FANTAISIE; lwr. ctr., on book (in plate): VIENT / DE / PARAITRE; lwr. l. (in plate): F. Rops; lwr. r. (in plate): TOME SECOND / 1883.
Accession Number:  MH 1991.4.634
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 six women around a statue of a winged female goddess/warrior with claws and a large shield in front of her; four women are dressed and two are partially dressed; La Vie Elegante and a satanic face are on the shield; two putti attending the scene.

Subjects:
Etching

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