Tomb with Death Standing
1779 / 1784
Artist, French, 1743 - 1804
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching with black wash on laid paper (proof)
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Credit Line
New Century Fund and Eugene L. and Marie-Louise Garbáty Fund
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Dimensions
sheet: 34.2 × 49.3 cm (13 7/16 × 19 7/16 in.)
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Accession
2019.153.1.a
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Catalogue Raisonné
Wollin 29
Associated Artworks
Sketches of Tombs
Louis-Jean Desprez
1779
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Private collection, Milan; by descent to the 19th century; private collection, Italy; (Il Bulino Antiche Stampe di Matteo Crespi, Milan); purchased 2019 by NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2021
Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2021 - 2022.
Bibliography
2021
Hoisington, Rena. Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya. Washington, 2021: 119, fig. 7.
Watermarks
J. Honig & Zoonen