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Drawing, Sepulcher in Egyptian Style with Death Carrying a Lamp
This is a Drawing. It was created by Louis-Jean Desprez. It is dated 1779–84 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and black ink, brush and gray, blue-gray wash, graphite on off-white paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
Giovanni Piancastelli, a drawing teacher, collector, and curator of the Borghese collection in Rome, disposed of his drawings collection between 1901 and 1907. Using agents in Rome to preview the drawings, the Hewitt sisters recommended that the museum acquire about 3,700 mostly Italian decorative arts and architecture drawings in 1901. In 1938, the museum was able to largely reunite Piancastelli’s decorative drawings collection by acquiring about 8,700 drawings from Mrs. Edward D. Brandegee of Brookline, Massachusetts, who had originally purchased them in 1904.
It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
- Drawing, Interior of St. Peter's Illuminated, 1776–84
- pen and black ink, brush and brown wash, white gouache on cream laid paper,....
- Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle.
- 2009-4-3
- Drawing, Sepulcher in Egyptian Style with Sphinxes and an Owl, ca. 1779–84
- pen and black ink, gray and blue-gray wash, traces of graphite on off-white....
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
- 1938-88-3953
- Print, Knight, Death, and the Devil
- engraving on laid paper.
- Bequest of George Campbell Cooper.
- 1896-3-39
Our curators have highlighted 3 objects that are related to this one.
- Drawing, Project for the Tomb of the Maréchal de Belle-Isle
- black chalk, pen and black ink, point of brush and brown-black ink; gray and....
- Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
- 1931-73-234
- Bound Print, Etruscan Chimneypiece, from Diverse Maniere d'adornare i...
- etching on paper.
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gustave Gilbert.
- 1967-85-24-28
- Print, Design for Cartouche Evoking Death
- engraving on white laid paper.
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1921-6-326-7
Its dimensions are
14.6 × 20.2 cm (5 3/4 × 7 15/16 in.)
It has the following markings
Watermark: J. HONIG
Cite this object as
Drawing, Sepulcher in Egyptian Style with Death Carrying a Lamp; Louis-Jean Desprez (French, active Sweden, 1743–1804); Italy; pen and black ink, brush and gray, blue-gray wash, graphite on off-white paper; 14.6 × 20.2 cm (5 3/4 × 7 15/16 in.) ; Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-3952
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Hewitt Sisters Collect.
