Prostitution and Madness are Ruling the World

Public Domain

Artist / maker

Félicien Rops (etchers)

Period

19th century

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
The print concludes Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly's novella Les Diaboliques as 'post-spiece'.

More about this work

Features
Artist / maker Félicien Rops VIAF RKD Wikidata
Types photoaquatints (prints) AAT , soft-ground etchings (process) AAT
Category prints (visual works) AAT
Materials
heliogravure en vernis mou op papier, gehoogd met kleurpotlood
coloured pencil , paper
Dimensions 284 x 204 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2011-DY
Description
Subjects figures (representations) , symbolism (artistic concept)
Tags female sex; woman Iconclass , adolescent, young woman, maiden Iconclass , the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) - AA - female human figure Iconclass , whore, prostitute Iconclass , prostitution Iconclass , globe Iconclass , stars Iconclass , fool's cap Iconclass , emotional illness, derangement, madness Iconclass , Youth, Adolescence, 'Iuventus'; 'Adolescenza', 'Gioventu' (Ripa) Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2011-DY
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6121/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai/?metadataPrefix=oai_lido&verb=GetRecord&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2011-DY

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