Sepulcher in Egyptian Style with Sphinxes and an Owl
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: Architectural fantasy. Pentagonal sarcophagus, supported on the backs of sculpted sphinxes, is housed in a rounded arch niche. A small niche in the left of the arch contains an urn. Two unshod feet appear in an arched opening of the sarcophagus, which is ornamented with hieroglyphs and a carved owl perched on top.
place: label: made 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: 1938-88-3953
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, gray and blue-gray wash, traces of graphite on off-white paper
label: Dimensions
content: 18 x 28.5 cm (7 1/16 x 11 1/4 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: image: 14.5 x 20.0 cm