Louis-Jean DESPREZ
1753 - 1804
La grande éruption du Vésuve, le 8 août 1779, vue du pont de la Madeleine
Etching by G. F. Piranesi, watercolor by L.-J. Desprez
700 × 480 mm, trimmed 5 mm outside the borderline drawn in pen and ink
Superb impression with bright colours, slight traces of glue on the back, short tear in the lower part of the right border
Watermark: Crowned coat of arms with fleur-de-lis (Heawood 1860).
Reference: Wollin 4 p. 112
Purchase by the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherland