Felicien ROPS. Armand RASSENFOSSE. The nuns, state unknown. Soft varnish and drypoint, 12,5 x 18,5. State unknown printed in 2 copies on verge paper. Rouir identifies only 2 states for this plate. ER. 820. Engraved by Rops in collaboration with Rassenfosse and an unidentified 3rd hand. Rassenfosse executed the following subjects: the frontal head (along the left edge, in the middle), the bust of a leaning woman (below), the profile of a woman with a hat (along the right edge). 5 additional unpublished subjects are engraved with drypoint by a 3rd unknown hand: a woman's head with hair raised in profile (right), a woman's head angular 3/4 (left), a man's head with skullcap 3/4 (left), a woman's bust 3/4 (left framed with hatch marks) and a large seated nude woman leaning to the right. Tired soft varnish, the nun is barely visible. Provenance: Rops Collection. Sales in Brussels by the Simonson bookshop, of prints and drawings belonging to the Thorzee and Half Moon branches from 1986 to 1990. Stamp affixed by the expert R. Degreef. Then integrated in the coll. Babut du Mares (stamp).