The Grotto of Posillipo (La Grotta di Posillipo)

Provenance

Private collection, France; around 2005; to Paolo Antonacci, Rome; around 2010; to a private, collection, Germany; sold, Galerie Bassenge, Berlin, May 30, 2013, lot 5342, to David Tunick, Inc., New York; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2022.

The Grotto of Posillipo (La Grotta di Posillipo)

Louis Jean Desprez

1785/90

Accession Number

262748

Medium

Handcolored etching in black on cream laid paper

Dimensions

Sheet: 68.5 × 47.2 cm (27 × 18 5/8 in.)

Classification

prints and drawing

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Endowment Fund