Tomb with Death Standing
c. 1779/1784
Louis-Jean Desprez
Artist, French, 1743 - 1804
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Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and aquatint on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 40 × 54.3 cm (15 3/4 × 21 3/8 in.)
plate: 37.7 × 52.3 cm (14 13/16 × 20 9/16 in.) -
Accession
2022.158.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(unknown sale, Besançon, December 2008). (Antoine Cahen/Galerie Terrades, Paris, 2010); Private collection, France; (Galerie Terrades, Paris); purchased by NGA, 2022.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
recto: in plate, below image, at left: despres a rom; verso: none