Claude Louis Desrais, Dérais, Claude Louis

Place: France

Born: 1746

Death: 1816

Biography:

Claude Louis Desrais, also known as Claude Louis Dérais, was a French artist born in France in 1746 and died in 1816. He was one of the four main artists responsible for the plates in Galerie des Modes et Costumes Français, a fashion magazine published in France from 1778 to 1787. Desrais was also known for his funeral procession design for the Young Pallas in the Aeneid Book XI and his design for an archivolt with two fauns supporting an urn. The Metropolitan Museum of Art has a portrait of Toussaint Louverture by Desrais in their collection, dated 1797.