View of the Portal and Principal Entrance of the Cathedral of Palermo during the Festival of Sta. Rosalia
Medium
Pen and black ink, gray wash and watercolor, over traces of graphite. Framing lines in pen and brown ink.
Dimensions
13 7/16 x 8 1/4 in. (34.2 x 20.9 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Harry G. Sperling, 1971
Accession Number
1975.131.107
Tags
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...