Tomb with Death Enthroned as a Sphinx, ca. 1779–84, Etching and aquatint, printed in brown ink, ii/ii, Sheet: 13 1/4 x 19 7/16 in. (33.7 x 49.3 cm), Prints, Louis Jean Desprez (French, Auxerre 1743–1804 Stockholm), 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
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Tomb, Death Enthroned, Sphinx, ca, 1779–84, Etching, aquatint, printed, brown ink, ii/ii, Sheet, 13 1/4 x 19 7/16, 33.7 49.3 cm, Prints, Louis Jean Desprez, French, Auxerre, 1743–1804, Stockholm, Introduced, rudiments, etching, student, Paris, Desprez went, master, complicated technique, study, French Academy, Rome, Visits, ancient ruins, stimulated, series, four tombs, large sepulchral fantasies, executed, grainy aquatint, lending, timeworn patina
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