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Visitors Inspecting Classical Ruins
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Visitors Inspecting Classical Ruins

Medium

Pen and black ink, brush and brown wash

Dimensions

18 5/8 x 26 in. (47.3 x 66.1 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1963

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