Sepulcher with Death Seated and Crowned
date: label: Date
content: 1779–84
name: label: Architect
content: Louis-Jean Desprez, French, active Sweden, 1743–1804
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Architectural fantasy. Sarcophagus stands in a niche which contains on right wall an inset occupied by an owl. The figure of Death sits before the tomb bearing royal devices.
place: label: made in
content: France
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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: 1938-88-3951
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, graphite on off-white paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 18 x 28.7 cm (7 1/16 x 11 5/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 14.5 x 19.8 cm (5 11/16 x 7 13/16 in.)