- Desrais, Claude-Louis
- (1746 Paris-2/25/1816 Paris) (France)Painter, illustrator, and engraver. Follower of Francesco Casanova. Especially known for his galante/erotic illustrations to contemporary novels.Reproductions: Die Uberraschte schoene Flit-terwochen; etching; Bilder-Lexikon vol. 3: p. 292 . Illustration to Les heures de Paphos; 1787; Galante, 1980: n.p. [B]. Les devotions de Madame de Betzhamooth; c1790; Bilder-Lexikon vol. 3: p. 320 [B].[b]Source: Benezit, vol. 4: pp. 806-807; ThB IX 1913: p. 149.
Dictionary of erotic artists: painters, sculptors, printmakers, graphic designers and illustrators. Eugene C. Burt.