View of the Grotta di Palazzo with Banquet

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Artist: Louis Jean Desprez / French, 1743-1804
Date: c. 1790
Medium: Pen and black ink and brush and watercolor, over traces of graphite, on ivory laid paper, laid down on card
Dimensions: 21.8 × 35.4 cm (8 5/8 × 13 15/16 in.)
Type: Drawing
Classification: watercolor
Place: France
Department: Prints and Drawings
Credit line: Olivia Shaler Swan Fund
Accession no.: 1967.32

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Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.