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Cloister of the Certosa di San Martino, Naples
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Cloister of the Certosa di San Martino, Naples

Louis Jean Desprez | Jean Augustin Renard

ca.1777–79

Medium

Pen and gray ink, watercolor over traces of black chalk

Tags

ArchesCloisters

Dimensions

8 7/8 x 13 1/4 in. (22.5 x 33.7 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1961

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Louis Jean Desprez

1743–1804 • SwedenFrance

Born 28 May 1743. Desprez was a student of Jacques-François Blondel and Pierre Desmaisons. He won the Grand Prix in 1776 for "un château pour un grand seigneur". French architect, painter and etcher. Comment on works: Painter; Architect; Graphic artist; Master draughtsman; Stage set designer

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