Rops, an avant-garde belgian graphic artist, abandoned his early realist style for a symbolist approach characterized by erotic, fantasy, and satanic overtones following a meeting with the french poet charles baudelaire (1821-67). These traits, however, are not apparent in this drawing of a spanish priest kneeling in a confessional listening to an unseen penitent. Date: 1889. Place of creation: France. Dimensions: height: 14.6 cm (5.7 in); width: 12 cm (4.7 in). Medium: graphite and wash on paper. Collection: Walters Art Museum. Félicien Rops - Confessional, Toledo - Walters 372804
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