Tomb with Death Standing, 1779 / 1784

Not on View

Medium

etching with black wash on laid paper (proof)

Dimensions

sheet: 34.2 × 49.3 cm (13 7/16 × 19 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

New Century Fund and Eugene L. and Marie-Louise Garbáty Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Wollin 29

Accession Number

2019.153.1.a

Artists / Makers

Louis-Jean Desprez (artist) French, 1743 - 1804

Image Use

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Provenance

Private collection, Milan; by descent to the 19th century; private collection, Italy; (Il Bulino Antiche Stampe di Matteo Crespi, Milan); purchased 2019 by NGA.

Associated Names

Il Bulino Antiche Stampe di Matteo Crespi

Exhibition History

2021: Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2021 - 2022.

Bibliography

2021: Hoisington, Rena.Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya. Washington, 2021: 119, fig. 7.