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Louis Jean Desprez

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Grey wash drawing of a theatrical city square with a Gothic cathedral, classical buildings, and a crowd of figures.

Promotion médicale

1790

Monochrome print of a vaulted tomb with two reclining sphinxes, an owl on a pentagonal sarcophagus, and an urn in a side rece

Tomb with Sphinxes and an Owl

1779-84

Etching of a skeletal winged chimera with horned heads standing before a stone arch, surrounded by bones and plants.

The Chimera

1771

Sepia print of a vaulted tomb with a stone sarcophagus, two caryatid figures, and a flame in a central niche.

Tomb with Caryatids

1779/84

Brown-toned print of a winged death figure standing before a sarcophagus under an arch, flanked by two sphinxes.

Tomb with Death Standing

1779/84

Watercolor of a vaulted tunnel with a hanging lamp, horsemen, carriages, pedestrians and sheep on the road.

The Grotto of Posillipo (La Grotta di Posillipo)

1785/90

Fireworks burst above the round Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome as crowds gather on the bridge and riverbank below.

The Girandola at the Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome

ca. 1781-1784

Etching of a skeletal winged chimera with grotesque heads standing beneath a stone arch among grass and scattered bones.

The Chimera (La Chimère de Monsieur Desprez)

ca. 1777-84

Etching of a skeletal three-headed winged monster standing before a stone arch, with scattered bones and grasses below.

Chimaera

1777

Etching of a festive classical temple scene with colonnades, arches, drapery and a crowd gathered in the foreground.

De tempel der Liefde

1784

Grey wash drawing of a crowded piazza with a church, a central column, livestock, and a hilltop town beyond.

Allegorie op de Katholieke Kerk: de volle aflaat (Indulgences Plénières)

1790

Cartouche met bovenin een medaillon met het portret van Lodewijk XV

1753

Engraved interior of an ornate hall with columns, arched windows, a painted dome, and shafts of sunlight across a checkered f

Interieur van een zaal in het Palazzo Serra in Genua, met binnenvallend zonlicht

1784

Engraved interior of a grand classical hall with columns, a checkered floor, painted ceiling, and figures near a distant dome

Interior of the Palazzo Spinola, Genoa

1777

Engraved tomb interior with a skeleton dressed as an Egyptian pharaoh seated on a throne, holding a sceptre and orb.

Graftombe met de Dood gekleed als Egyptische Farao met scepter en bol

1779