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Cloister of the Certosa di San Martino, Naples

Former Attribution Jean Augustin Renard French
ca. 1777–79
Not on view
This drawing came to the museum in 1961 with an attribution to the architect Jean Augustin Renard based on an inscription on the back of the sheet. As pointed out by Petra Lamers in 1995, however, the composition corresponds to an engraving featured in the abbé de Saint Non's Voyage pittoresque which bears an inscription noting that the model for the print was drawn by Louis Jean Desprez, as were many other prints in the same publication.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Cloister of the Certosa di San Martino, Naples
  • Artist: Louis Jean Desprez (French, Auxerre 1743–1804 Stockholm)
  • Former Attribution: Jean Augustin Renard (French, 1744–1807)
  • Date: ca. 1777–79
  • Medium: Pen and gray ink, watercolor over traces of black chalk
  • Dimensions: 8 7/8 x 13 1/4 in. (22.5 x 33.7 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1961
  • Object Number: 61.20.3
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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Ancient Scene with a Funeral Ceremony for an Actor, Louis Jean Desprez French, Pen and black ink and watercolor
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Louis Jean Desprez
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