Sepulcher in Egyptian Style with Caryatids and a Lion
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1779–84
name: label: Artist
content: Louis-Jean Desprez, French, active Sweden, 1743–1804
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A drawing of a tomb with a sarcophagus placed before a niche with a shallow arched ceiling. The headstone of the sarcophagius is flanked by 2 caryatids and bears hieroglyphic inscriptions and burning lamp. A dead body is outstretched on bed of sarcophagus, which rests on four supports surrounding a recumbent lion.
place: label: designed in
content: Rome, Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-88-3950
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and black ink; brush and brown, gray, blue-gray wash; traces of graphite Support: off-white paper Support: Off-white paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 14.5 x 28.9 cm (5 11/16 x 11 3/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 14.2 x 20 cm (5 9/16 x 7 7/8 in.)