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Jean Duplessis-Bertaux
La Halte dans le Temple de Metaponte (after Louis-Jean Desprèz)1781

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Engraving on cream paper of ancient temple ruins with tall fluted columns, canvas awnings, and dozens of small figures encamped among the rubble beneath a cloudy sky

Jean Duplessis-Bertaux, Louis-Jean Desprez, La Halte dans le Temple de Metaponte (after Louis-Jean Desprèz), 1781, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Irene Salinger in memory of her father, Adolph Stern, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Jean Duplessis-Bertaux
France, 1750-1818
After
Louis-Jean Desprez
France, 1743-1804
Title
La Halte dans le Temple de Metaponte (after Louis-Jean Desprèz)
Place Made
France
Date Made
1781
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 1/8 × 14 1/2 in. (23.18 × 36.83 cm) Image: 8 × 13 1/2 in. (20.32 × 34.29 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Irene Salinger in memory of her father, Adolph Stern
Accession Number
54.70.26
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings