Sepulcher in Egyptian Style with Death Carrying a Lamp (Drawing)

Sepulcher in Egyptian Style with Death Carrying a Lamp (Drawing)

1779–84

Louis-Jean Desprez

Architectural fantasy. A drawing of a tomb with a sarcophagus in a rounded-arch niche. A robed figure of Death stands before the sarcophagus holding a smoking lamp. The tomb is flanked by 2 recumbent lions carved in stone.

Artwork from: Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum

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