The Grotto of Posillipo, Naples

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Louis-Jean Desprez (Auxerre 1743-1804 Stockholm)
The Grotto of Posillipo, Naples
With inscription 'Desprez Grotte de Posilippe de nuit a Naples' on the mount
watercolour, heightened with bodycolour, over etched outlines
27 3/8 x 18¾ in. (70.5 x 47.6 cm.)

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Lot Essay

Another drawing of the Grotto of Posillipo with the same etched outlines, but different coloured wash is in the British Museum, London, Inv. 1864-12-10-438 (P. Lamers, Il viaggio nel Sud dell'Abbé de Saint-Non, Naples, 1995, p. 370, no. A.5).

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