Tomb with Death Enthroned as a Sphinx ca. 1779–84 Louis Jean Desprez French Introduced to the rudiments of etching while a student in Paris, Desprez went on to master the more complicated technique of aquatint after being sent to study at the French Academy in Rome. Visits to ancient ruins may have stimulated his series of four tombs, large sepulchral fantasies executed in a grainy aquatint, lending them a timeworn patina. In this image from the series, a skeleton adorned like a king or pharaoh guards a tomb inscribed with Tomb with Death Enthroned as a Sphinx. Louis Jea
Tomb with Death Enthroned as a Sphinx ca. 1779–84 Louis Jean Desprez French Introduced to the rudiments of etching while a student in Paris, Desprez went on to master the more complicated technique of aquatint after being sent to study at the French Academy in Rome. Visits to ancient ruins may have stimulated his series of four tombs, large sepulchral fantasies executed in a grainy aquatint, lending them a timeworn patina. In this image from the series, a skeleton adorned like a king or pharaoh guards a tomb inscribed with Tomb with Death Enthroned as a Sphinx. Louis Jean Desprez (French, Auxerre 1743–1804 Stockholm). ca. 1779–84. Etching and aquatint, printed in brown ink, ii/ii. Prints
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