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Louis-Jean Desprez
1743-1804
Fantastic Interior with Torture Scene
Pen and brown ink, gray-black ink, brown and gray washes, with opaque white, over graphite, on paper.
18 3/8 x 14 5/16 inches (467 x 363 mm)
Purchased as the gift of the Fellows.
1950.8
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Watermark: indecipherable through lining, includes letters "GUREN..N?".
Provenance:
Sir Thomas Lawrence (blind stamp; see Lugt 2445); Hans M. Calmann, London.
Associated names:
Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769-1830, former owner.
Calmann, Hans M., former owner.
Bibliography:
Adams, Frederick B., Jr. First Annual Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1950, p. 54.
A review of acquisitions, 1949-1968 / Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : The Library, 1969, p. 141.
Denison, Cara D. French Drawings, 1550-1825. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, no. 83.
Denison, Cara, Myra Nan Rosenfeld, and Stephanie Wiles. Exploring Rome : Piranesi and His Contemporaries. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library; Montréal : Centre Canadien d'Architecture, 1993, no. 108, repr.
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