Louis-Jean Desprez

Desprez, Jean-Louis

French, 1743 - 1804

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French painter and architect (1743-1804)

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Louis-Jean Desprez, Tomb with Death Standing, 1779 / 1784, etching with black wash on laid paper (proof), New Century Fund and Eugene L. and Marie-Louise Garbáty Fund, 2019.153.1.a

Tomb with Death Standing

Louis-Jean Desprez · 1779 / 1784 · etching with black wash on laid paper (proof) ·  Accession ID  2019.153.1.a

Louis-Jean Desprez, Sketches of Tombs, 1779 / 1784, graphite on laid paper, New Century Fund and Eugene L. and Marie-Louise Garbáty Fund, 2019.153.1.b

Sketches of Tombs

Louis-Jean Desprez · 1779 / 1784 · graphite on laid paper ·  Accession ID  2019.153.1.b

Louis-Jean Desprez, The Cathedral at Trani, 1778, pen and gray-black ink and watercolor over graphite on laid paper, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1963.15.6

The Cathedral at Trani

Louis-Jean Desprez · 1778 · pen and gray-black ink and watercolor over graphite on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1963.15.6

Louis-Jean Desprez, Design for the Ceiling of the Salon of the Palazzo Spinola, Genoa, 1777, etching on laid paper [proof], Ruth and Jacob Kainen Memorial Acquisition Fund, 2022.196.1

Design for the Ceiling of the Salon of the Palazzo Spinola, Genoa

Louis-Jean Desprez · 1777 · etching on laid paper [proof] ·  Accession ID  2022.196.1

Louis-Jean Desprez, Cross Section of the Salon of the Palazzo Spinola, Genoa, 1777, etching on laid paper [proof], Ruth and Jacob Kainen Memorial Acquisition Fund, 2022.196.2

Cross Section of the Salon of the Palazzo Spinola, Genoa

Louis-Jean Desprez · 1777 · etching on laid paper [proof] ·  Accession ID  2022.196.2

Louis-Jean Desprez, Perspectival View of the Salon of the Palazzo Spinola, Genoa, 1777, etching on laid paper [proof], Ruth and Jacob Kainen Memorial Acquisition Fund, 2022.196.3

Perspectival View of the Salon of the Palazzo Spinola, Genoa

Louis-Jean Desprez · 1777 · etching on laid paper [proof] ·  Accession ID  2022.196.3

Louis-Jean Desprez, Tomb with Death Standing, c. 1779/1784, etching and aquatint on laid paper, Ruth and Jacob Kainen Memorial Acquisition Fund, 2022.158.1

Tomb with Death Standing

Louis-Jean Desprez · c. 1779/1784 · etching and aquatint on laid paper ·  Accession ID  2022.158.1

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The Grotto of Posilipo

Francesco Piranesi · 1791 · etching in black and brown-red on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1990.86.1

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[A collection of plates, including etchings of Pompeii after Desprez, views of the Vatican, and the large plan of Hadrian's villa at Tivoli]

Nicolas Dorigny, Francesco Piranesi, Girolamo Carattoni · published late 1780s · 1 vol: ill: 23 etching and engravings (2 full-page, 2 folding, rest double-page, versos blank), 12 by Francesco Piranesi, 6 by Piranesi after Louis-Jean Desprez, 2 by Girolamo Carattoni after Tomasso Piroli, 1 by Nicolas Dorigny after Raphael, 1 byDorigny after Baldassare Franceschini (signed as Daniele da Volterra), 1 unsigned ·  Accession ID  1983.49.68

Jean-Claude-Richard, Abbé de Saint-Non, Various Artists, Voyage Pittoresque ou Description des Royaumes de Naples et de Sicile (Picturesque<br /> Journey or Description of the Kingdoms of Naples and Sicily) [vol. 1], 1781, bound volume with letterpress text, and etching and engravings on laid paper, Mark J. Millard Architectural Collection, 1985.61.2660

Voyage Pittoresque ou Description des Royaumes de Naples et de Sicile (Picturesque
Journey or Description of the Kingdoms of Naples and Sicily) [vol. 1]

Jean-Claude-Richard, Abbé de Saint-Non, Various Artists · 1781 · bound volume with letterpress text, and etching and engravings on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1985.61.2660