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Sepulcher in Egyptian Style with Sphinxes and an Owl
Louis Jean Desprezca. 1779–84
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Architectural fantasy. Pentagonal sarcophagus, supported on the backs of sculpted sphinxes, is housed in a rounded arch niche. A small niche in the left of the arch contains an urn. Two unshod feet appear in an arched opening of the sarcophagus, which is ornamented with hieroglyphs and a carved owl perched on top.
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- Title: Sepulcher in Egyptian Style with Sphinxes and an Owl
- Creator: Louis-Jean Desprez, French, active Sweden, 1743–1804
- Date Created: ca. 1779–84
- Location Created: Rome, Italy
- Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
- Medium: Pen and black ink, gray and blue-gray wash, traces of graphite on off-white paper
- Credit line: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
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