Flicien Rops (1833-1898)

Jeune femme - portrait of a lady with a blue ribbon in her hair

Details

Flicien Rops (1833-1898)
Jeune femme - portrait of a lady with a blue ribbon in her hair
signed with monogram and dated lower left 1875
oil on panel
41.5 x 28.5 cm

Provenance

Leo Dohmen, Antwerp
Anon. Sale, Sotheby's London, 24 March 1982, lot 461 (ill.), where acquired by the present owner

Literature

R.L. Delevoy o.a., Flicien Rops, Brussels, 1985, p. 271, no. 150 (ill.)

Exhibited

Brussels, Centre culturel de la Communaut franaise Wallonie-Bruxelles 'Le Botanique', 1 March-28 April 1985; Paris, Muse des Arts Decoratifs, 6 June-21 July 1985; Nice, Muse des Beaux-Arts Jules Chret, 31 July-15 October 1985; Baden-Baden, Kunsthalle, November-December 1985, Flicien Rops 1833-1898, cat. no. 31

Sale room notice

Please note that the medium should read: on canvas laid down on panel

Lot Essay

The sitter in the present lot has been tentatively identified as the artist's wife Charlotte Polet de Faveaux, who was married to Rops in 1857. The fact that Rops had separated from Charlotte a year before the date of execution of the present lot and had moved to Paris to live with his mistress, makes this identification rather unlikely.

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