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Artist
- Name:
- Desenne, Alexandre
- Dates:
- 1785-1827
- Country:
- France
Illustration
- Subject:
- Narratives, Ornaments & patterns
- Technique:
- Metal engraving
- Engraver:
- Coupé, Antoine Jean Baptiste
- Format:
- Portrait (taller), Tondo
- Source:
- Robarts Library, the Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- L'hermite de la Chaussée-d'Antin, vol. 2
- Author(s):
- Jouy, Étienne de
- Publisher:
- Paris: Pillet, 1814
- Open Library:
- View record
Description
A woman leans on a stand in a crypt lined with skulls as a man seems to be taking his leave from her. The decorative background shows a dejected angel with a torch crying on top of the main motif, and skulls, stones, and an hourglass.
The caption reads in the original French: Les catacombes.
Keywords: 1810s, 19th century, black & white, death, L'hermite..., mixed genders, sad, skull
