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Tomb with Death Enthroned as a Sphinx
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Tomb with Death Enthroned as a Sphinx

Louis Jean Desprez

ca. 1779–84

Medium

Etching and aquatint, printed in brown ink, ii/ii

Tags

TombsSkeletons

Dimensions

Sheet: 13 1/4 x 19 7/16 in. (33.7 x 49.3 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Janet Lee Kadesky Ruttenberg Fund, in honor of Colta Ives, 2012

Classification

Prints

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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