1782
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Tomb with Death Standing is a 1782 ink by Louis Jean Desprez, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This etching shows a tomb with a large arch above it. Under the arch stands a skeleton wearing a wide-brimmed hat and a long robe, holding a cross. On either side of the tomb, two more skeletons sit on the ground, each holding a hat. The tomb itself has a small window and a carved panel below it. The artist used shading to make the scene feel eerie and dramatic. The skeletons look almost like people, which makes the image unsettling. Look up etching to see how artists create these detailed prints.
Louis Jean Desprez was a French painter and architect who worked in Sweden during the last twenty years of his life.
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