Louis Jean Desprez
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personFrench, 1743–1804play_circleStream Art
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Selected Works9

Museum Acquisitions

Art Institute of Chicago
The Grotto of Posillipo (La Grotta di Posillipo)
The Grotto of Posillipo (La Grotta di Posillipo), 1785
Acquired 2022
Handcolored etching in black on cream laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago
Tomb with Death Standing
Tomb with Death Standing, 1779
Acquired 2019
Aquatint and etching in black on cream laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago
Tomb with Caryatids
Tomb with Caryatids, 1779
Acquired 2018
Aquatint and etching in black on cream laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago
The Chimera
The Chimera, 1771
Acquired 2018
Etching in black on cream laid paper
Cleveland Museum of Art
Tomb with Sphinxes and an Owl
Tomb with Sphinxes and an Owl, 1779
Acquired 2018
aquatint with etching
Art Institute of Chicago
Tomb with Sphinxes and an Owl
Tomb with Sphinxes and an Owl, 1779
Acquired 2011
Etching and aquatint in brown on cream laid paper

Previous Sales

Christie's
A view of the Tomb of Mamia, in Pompeii
A view of the Tomb of Mamia, in Pompeii
Sold
Jul 2023

For Sale

Martinez D. · Artsy
Cartouche richement orné d'un portrait en médaillon de Louis XV et les attributs des arts et des sciences.
Cartouche richement orné d'un portrait en médaillon de Louis XV et les attributs des arts et des sciences. , 1770
For sale
Original etching.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. · Artsy
The Cathedral at Trani
The Cathedral at Trani, 1778
For sale
Pen and gray-black ink and watercolor over graphite on laid paper
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Other Museum Acquisitions12

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The Grotto of Posillipo (La Grotta di Posillipo)
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2022 · Accession 2022.55 · Handcolored etching in black on cream laid paper
The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Endowment Fund
Tomb with Death Standing
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2019 · Accession 2018.415 · Aquatint and etching in black on cream laid paper
The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Fund
Tomb with Caryatids
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2018 · Accession 2018.258 · Aquatint and etching in black on cream laid paper
The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Fund
The Chimera
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2018 · Accession 2018.195 · Etching in black on cream laid paper
The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Fund
Tomb with Sphinxes and an Owl
Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland, United States · Acquired 2018 · Accession 2018.207 · aquatint with etching
Severance and Greta Millikin Trust
Temple of Isis at Pompeii (illustration to "Voyage pittoresque de Naples et de Sicile")
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2018 · Accession 2018.839.64 · Aquatint over etching
Bequest of Herbert Mitchell, 2008
Design for the Decoration of the Altar to be erected during the Holy Week, Dedicated to Monseigneur Christophe de Beaumont, Archbishop of Paris
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2017 · Accession 2017.50 · Etching
Purchase, A. Hyatt Mayor Purchase Fund, Marjorie Phelps Starr Bequest; Christie's Inc., PECO Foundation, and University of California, Berkeley Gifts; and Edward Pearce Casey Fu…
Drawin
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2014 · Accession 2014.484 · Pen and ink, brush and brown wash, squared in black chalk
Edward Pearce Casey Fund, 2014
Antoine de Chézy
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2014 · Accession 2014.603 · Etching
Purchase, Stephen A. Geiger Gift, 2014
Tomb with Death Enthroned as a Sphinx
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2012 · Accession 2012.189 · Etching and aquatint, printed in brown ink, ii/ii
Purchase, Janet Lee Kadesky Ruttenberg Fund, in honor of Colta Ives, 2012
Tomb with Sphinxes and an Owl
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2011 · Accession 2011.93 · Etching and aquatint in brown on cream laid paper
The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Fund
The Funeral Procession of Agamemnon
Los Angeles County Museum of Art · Los Angeles, United States · Acquired 2004 · Accession M.2004.46 · Pen and India ink, watercolor, gray and brown washes heightened with gouache on paper
Purchased with funds provided by the Joseph B. Gould Foundation
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death
Louis Jean Desprez dies
Jan 1, 1804
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birth
Louis Jean Desprez born
Jan 1, 1743