Art, literature & historyTomb with Death Standing
1779/84
- Dating
- Date range
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Aquatint and etching in black on cream laid paper
- Dimensions
- Plate: 34.3 × 48.8 cm (13 9/16 × 19 1/4 in.); Sheet: 35.5 × 50 cm (14 × 19 11/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 2018.415
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
Tomb with Death Standing — Louis-Jean Desprez. 1779/84.
Medium: Aquatint and etching in black on cream laid paper. Dimensions: Plate: 34.3 × 48.8 cm (13 9/16 × 19 1/4 in.); Sheet: 35.5 × 50 cm (14 × 19 11/16 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.