Who created "View of the Grotta di Palazzo with Banquet"?

View of the Grotta di Palazzo with Banquet was created by Louis Jean Desprez in c. 1790.

When was "View of the Grotta di Palazzo with Banquet" created?

This artwork was created c. 1790.

View of the Grotta di Palazzo with Banquet

Q: What medium is "View of the Grotta di Palazzo with Banquet"?

View of the Grotta di Palazzo with Banquet is Pen and black ink and brush and watercolor, over traces of graphite, on ivory laid paper, laid down on card.

Louis Jean Desprez

c. 1790

Medium

Pen and black ink and brush and watercolor, over traces of graphite, on ivory laid paper, laid down on card

Dimensions

21.8 × 35.4 cm (8 5/8 × 13 15/16 in.)

Classification

watercolor

Department

Prints and Drawings

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

26720

About the Artist

Louis Jean Desprez · 1743–1804

Louis Jean Desprez (1743–1804), born in Auxerre to a wig-maker father and widowed mother, began his artistic training as a twelve-year-old apprentice under engraver Charles-Nicolas Cochin in Paris in 1755. He later studied at the Académie royale d'architecture, sponsored by architect Pierre Desmaisons, and became a pupil of Charles de Wailly from 1768 to 1776, embracing neoclassicism inspired by I...

View of the Grotta di Palazzo with Banquet

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