32 - Félicien Rops

Félicien Rops (Namur, 1833 – Corbeil, 1898) Voyage au pays des vieux dieux Black pencil, colored pencils, charcoal, and gouache on paper Provenance stamp 25.4 × 18.8 cm This drawing was used to create an engraved plate depicting: “In a forest, two charming young women, accompanied by two very virile fauns, engage in amorous frolics that are anything but platonic.” At the top right, on a banner, is the title” (Exsteens, vol. IV, no. 763). The five drawings presented here were part of the collection of the famous Belgian bibliophile and collector Carlo de Poortere. Provenance - Formerly in the collection of Carlo de Poortere, Belgium Littérature Félicien Rops, *Memoirs to Undermine the Art History of My Time*, Labor, 1998 Maurice Exsteens, *The Engraved and Lithographed Works of Félicien Rops*, Paris, Pellet, 1928, 4 vols. Michel Draguet, *The Drawing Collection: Rops*, Paris: Flammarion, 1998 Frits Lugt, *Collectors’ Marks on Drawings and Prints* | Custodia Foundation, online digital edition, L. 3467 and L. 3509