Design for a baldachin to decorate an altar, to be erected during Holy Week, Projet d'un Reposoir (title on object), Design for a baldachin to decorate an altar during Holy Week. The construction features French lilies and the papal cross. The print is dedicated to Christophe de Beaumont, Archbishop of Paris (from 1746 to 1781). With this complex example of his early printmaking, Desprez won the grand prize of the Academie d'Architecture in 1770. The etching is originally part of a series of six with details and a plan of the design., print, print maker: Louis Jean Desprez, (mentioned on

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