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The Girandola at the Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome, Louis Jean Desprez French, Etching with hand-coloring
The Girandola at the Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome
Designed and hand colored by Louis Jean Desprez
Etched by Francesco Piranesi
ca. 1781–1784
Ancient Scene with a Funeral Ceremony for an Actor, Louis Jean Desprez French, Pen and black ink and watercolor
Ancient Scene with a Funeral Ceremony for an Actor
Louis Jean Desprez
Former Attribution Louis Félix de La Rue
ca. 1777
The Tomb of Agamemnon, Louis Jean Desprez French, Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, heightened with white gouache
The Tomb of Agamemnon
Louis Jean Desprez
ca. 1787
The Chimera (La Chimère de Monsieur Desprez), Louis Jean Desprez French, Etching
The Chimera (La Chimère de Monsieur Desprez)
Louis Jean Desprez
ca. 1777–84
View of the Portal and Principal Entrance of the Cathedral of Palermo during the Festival of Sta. Rosalia, Louis Jean Desprez French, Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash and watercolor, over graphite; framing lines in pen and brown ink
View of the Portal and Principal Entrance of the Cathedral of Palermo during the Festival of Sta. Rosalia
Louis Jean Desprez
n.d.
Cloister of the Certosa di San Martino, Naples, Louis Jean Desprez French, Pen and gray ink, watercolor over traces of black chalk
Cloister of the Certosa di San Martino, Naples
Louis Jean Desprez
Former Attribution Jean Augustin Renard
ca. 1777–79
The Capture of Selinus by Hannibal, Louis Jean Desprez French, Etching and aquatint with drypoint, state II/II
The Capture of Selinus by Hannibal
Louis Jean Desprez
n.d.
Louis Jean Desprez French, Brush and brown wash over etching
A view of the Tomb of Mamia, in Pompeii
Louis Jean Desprez
etching by Francesco Piranesi
n.d.
The Triumph of Modern Art, Jean Barbault French, Etching
The Triumph of Modern Art
Attributed to Jean Barbault
Attributed to Louis Jean Desprez
18th century
Temple of Isis at Pompeii, from "Voyage pittoresque de Naples et de Sicile", Edouard Gautier-Dagoty French, Aquatint over etching
Temple of Isis at Pompeii, from "Voyage pittoresque de Naples et de Sicile"
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1781
Interior of the Palazzo Spinola, Genoa, Louis Jean Desprez French, Etching
Interior of the Palazzo Spinola, Genoa
Louis Jean Desprez
After Charles de Wailly
1777
Tomb with Death Enthroned as a Sphinx, Louis Jean Desprez French, Etching and aquatint, printed in brown ink, ii/ii
Tomb with Death Enthroned as a Sphinx
Louis Jean Desprez
ca. 1779–84
Ceremony held in the Cappella Paolina, Vatican, Francesco Piranesi Italian, Etching; second sate of three (Wollin)
Ceremony held in the Cappella Paolina, Vatican
Francesco Piranesi
After Louis Jean Desprez
1787
Antoine de Chézy, Louis Jean Desprez French, Etching
Antoine de Chézy
Louis Jean Desprez
ca. 1772–76
The Triumph of Hannibal, Louis Jean Desprez French, Pen and ink, brush and brown wash, squared in black chalk
The Triumph of Hannibal
Louis Jean Desprez
1784–1792
Design for the Decoration of the Altar to be erected during the Holy Week, Dedicated to Monseigneur Christophe de Beaumont, Archbishop of Paris, Louis Jean Desprez French, Etching
Design for the Decoration of the Altar to be erected during the Holy Week, Dedicated to Monseigneur Christophe de Beaumont, Archbishop of Paris
Louis Jean Desprez
1769
Suite du Recueil de Planches, sur les Sciences, Les Arts Libéraux, et Les Arts Méchaniques, avec leur explication
Multiple artists/makers
1777
Interior of St Peter's, Rome, with the illumination of the Cross of St. Peter
Francesco Piranesi
After Louis Jean Desprez
1787
View of Castel San Angelo, Rome from the other bank across the bridge, with a firework display and spectators
Francesco Piranesi
After Louis Jean Desprez
ca. 1790
The Interior of the Grotto of Posillipo, Naples
Francesco Piranesi
After Louis Jean Desprez
1791
View of the Temple of Isis
Francesco Piranesi
After Louis Jean Desprez
1788
View of the Gate to the ancient city of Pompeii
Francesco Piranesi
After Louis Jean Desprez
1789
View of the tomb of Mamia in the ruins of the city of Pompeii
Francesco Piranesi
After Louis Jean Desprez
1789
Illumination of the cross in St. Peter's, Rome: view from the south transept on Good Friday, 1784, during a visit from King Charles Gustav III of Sweden
Francesco Piranesi
Designed and probably colored by Louis Jean Desprez
ca. 1784
Illumination of the Pauline Chapel in St. Peter's, Rome
Francesco Piranesi
Designed and probably colored by Louis Jean Desprez
ca. 1784
Illumination of the cross in St. Peter's, Rome: view from the north transept on Good Friday, 1784, during a visit from King Charles Gustav III of Sweden
Francesco Piranesi
Designed and probably colored by Louis Jean Desprez
ca. 1784

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