Title
Mors syphilitica, by Rops (1885, c.)
Creator
Rops, Félicien (1833-1898)
Date
1885, c.
Description
The engraving unites in a single image the suggestion of consubstantial death to the covered old woman generally depicted in the background of many paintings and that Goya knows how to use in his pair of maja and procuress.
Source
Félicien Rops, “Mors syphilitica,” found on the webpage Félicien Rops:
https://rops.digitalscholarship.emory.edu/exhibits/show/felicien-rops/item/107
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20210415085720/https://rops.digitalscholarship.emory.edu/exhibits/show/felicien-rops/item/107
https://rops.digitalscholarship.emory.edu/exhibits/show/felicien-rops/item/107
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20210415085720/https://rops.digitalscholarship.emory.edu/exhibits/show/felicien-rops/item/107
Format
Heliogravure.
Dimensions: 20 × 13.7 cm
Dimensions: 20 × 13.7 cm
Item Relations
| This Item | is related | Item: An anti-venereal campaign poster, The Dangerous Proposal (La oferta peligrosa) (1927) |
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