Les sataniques : le sacrifice

Author

Rops, Félicien, 1833-1898.

Title

Les sataniques : le sacrifice.

Format

Image

Published

[188-?]

Description

1 etching.

Notes

For further information see: M. Exsteens, L'oeuvre grave et lithographie de Felicien Rops, vol. 4.

Summary

Soft ground etching of a nude woman lying on an altar. Floating above her is a grotesque figure. They are involved in coitus by means of the figure's penis, which is extremely long and slightly coiled around his legs. To each side is a grotesque cupid. Reporduced by heliogravure and dry-mounted.

Kinsey subjects

Art--Belgium--20th century.
Etching.
Intaglio prints.
Coitus.
Nudes in art--Female.
Satanism.
Deities.
Grotesque in art.
Penis in art.