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The Tomb of Agamemnon
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The Tomb of Agamemnon

Medium

Pen and black ink, brush and gray washes, heightened with white gouache on beige paper

Dimensions

29 3/4 x 36 in. (75.6 x 91.4 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Gifts from Mrs. Gardner Cassatt, Mrs. Francis Ormond, Bessie Potter Vonnoh, William Benton, Donald Silve, William M. Ivins Jr., and Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, and other gifts, bequests, and funds, by exchange, 1998

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Louis Jean Desprez

1743–1804SwedenFrance

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