Louis-Jean DESPREZ
1753 - 1804
Triumphal entrance into Paris by the triumphal arch of the Place du Trône
Pen and black ink, grey wash, watercolour
161 × 227 mm
Provenance: Georges Danyau, Henry Lacroix, Gaston Le Breton, David David-Weill (bearing inventory numbers on the reverse D. W 1350 et D. W 134), Olivier Lefuel
Exhibition: after a note on the former mount Exposition universelle de 1900, exposition rétrospective de la ville de Paris, under number 195 bis ou 202
Purchase by the Weimar Museum
This drawing shows the imaginary staging of an officer’s entrance in Paris. Peter Fuhring confirmed the attribution to Desprez. The drawing seems to date from the parisian period of Desprez.