Vivant Denon
ARTISTDominique Vivant, Baron Denon was a French artist, writer, diplomat, author, and archaeologist. Denon was a diplomat for France under Louis XV and Louis XVI. He was appointed as the first director of the Louvre museum by Napoleon after the Egyptian campaign of 1798–1801, and is commemorated in the Denon Wing of the Louvre museum and in the Dominique-Vivant Denon Research Center. His two-volume Voyage dans la basse et la haute Egypte, 1802, was foundational for modern Egyptology.
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Vivant Denon, wall art & digital downloads
2 works by Vivant Denon (French, 1747–1825) are catalogued on Archive Lane, free to preview and available to download or order as a print.
Dominique Vivant, Baron Denon was a French artist, writer, diplomat, author, and archaeologist. Denon was a diplomat for France under Louis XV and Louis XVI. He was appointed as the first director of the Louvre museum by Napoleon after the Egyptian campaign of 1798–1801, and is commemorated in the Denon Wing of the Louvre museum and in the Dominique-Vivant Denon Research Center. His two-volume Voyage dans la basse et la haute Egypte, 1802, was foundational for modern Egyptology.
Biography adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
At a glance
Most of Vivant Denon's work on the site falls under Drawings (14), Portraits (2).
By movement, it's catalogued as Neoclassicism (16).
Culture: French (16).
By orientation: 2 landscape, 13 portrait, 1 square.
Dated work in this group ranges from 1787 to 1818.
Other French artists of the period
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